Originally Posted by
Rykna
Do you feed them in the same spot? Also, you just brought them home. It takes a while to settle in. Valiant spent most of his first two weeks hiding in and around the LR. Once they become accustom to your feeding schedule both of them will be flocking to the dinner corner 5 minutes before you actually bring dinner. If I'm late with dinner Valiant gets very impatient. He swims back and forth, up and down, as one would tap their foot when impatient. So best case, let the girls settle in and get use to your schedule and their new home.
If it were me, I'd keep an eye on Navajo...Valiant does that a lot to when he's hunting pods, sometimes i won't see him for hours either. Horses are the most unusual swimmers I have ever seen. One moment they're swimming upright, the next they're tail diving snout over fin through the return flow. You have made steps to ensure health and happiness for you pets.
Don't panic
..., use the information that you have gathered. Fish hide when they sleep or hunt and fish hide when they're getting sick too. My second horse, Romeo, started to disappear. At first I disregarded it...after a week of him constantly disappearing I started wondering what was going on. By the time I realized he was sick it was to late. Romeo's passing was partially do, I found out latter, was to 3 weeks of malnutrition in the pet store. He was part of the group that came in with Valiant.
The first signs were jerky unusual swimming movements. Using their tails to what appears to be scratching themselves. This is what Valiant came down with.
Your girls have the support of their new "mom"
and a website of fish addicts at your disposal.
Do you have more pictures to post?
Thank you SO much for the kind words Ryk. I've also come to the mind set that I've done everything to make their transition as comfortable as I possibly can. I've done my homework and am acting on it.
You should have seen my little girls eat tonight...oh man, it did my heart good. Not that they've not been eating, but to see both of them going at it at the same time. They're so precious.
I've come to the conclusion that Navajo has found a nook to sleep in. It also looks like both girls are beginning to get themselves onto the same shift. Navajo isn't out quite as late by herself as she was, and she tucks herself in about an hour or so after Appache hitches for the night. It's been really interesting to observe their behavior and track it. This morning Appache was awake for breakfast, and Navajo woke up shortly after breakfast was served.
I'm feeling much more relaxed about what I'm doing with them, and what they're learning.
Oh, I almost forgot. I'll get pics tomorrow when the big lights are on. My window between getting home and lights out is only about an hour, during which is dinner time. Hopefully I'll remember to get some shots tomorrow.
That's it for now.
Lisa...
