Carrot

My fishy died :(

Carrot...is no more.

Well...he was almost 2 years old...so it wasn't a complete shock. Still, he was so happy when he saw me this morning as I fed him, as he always was. Maybe he had a fishy stroke.

He was HUGE! Over 4 inches long including his fabulous tail. He's too big to flush, so I'll have to bury him at "sea" (aka drop his little carcass in the lake like I did with the turtles). So for now he resides in a ziploc bag in the freezer until I can go to the little spot behind the zoo this weekend. But even though dead I still stopped and marvels at how beautiful he was. Such a vibrant orange with a little dotted line stripe of red-orange across his length as if made with an extra-fine tip pen.

And to think he started out as a 24 cent feeder fish from PetsMart, one of 3 to keep my last turtle company. He was the sole remaining survivor of Turtle Soup. Now...the bowl is empty. Time for Turtle Soup DOS!