Kuda and Erectus together???
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nybutterfly03
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I would tink they would be ok together
monalisa
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OMG Rykna!!
I'm SO sorry to hear about poor little Saphire!! What happened? (I've been pretty MIA lately...).
I got your voice mail today. Actually, Beth and I have planned a trip to Madison this coming Sunday for Christmas shopping. I'm sure we will be stopping at the LFS there...I'll see what I can find.
I think that putting 2 different horse species together is pretty much frowned upon due to the fact that you may end up with hybrid horses if they breed. I don't know about you, but I wouldn't want to take that chance.
Again, I'm sorry about little Saphire.
Lisa
I'm SO sorry to hear about poor little Saphire!! What happened? (I've been pretty MIA lately...).
I got your voice mail today. Actually, Beth and I have planned a trip to Madison this coming Sunday for Christmas shopping. I'm sure we will be stopping at the LFS there...I'll see what I can find.
I think that putting 2 different horse species together is pretty much frowned upon due to the fact that you may end up with hybrid horses if they breed. I don't know about you, but I wouldn't want to take that chance.
Again, I'm sorry about little Saphire.
Lisa
rykna
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Originally Posted by MonaLisa
OMG Rykna!!
I'm SO sorry to hear about poor little Saphire!! What happened? (I've been pretty MIA lately...).
I got your voice mail today. Actually, Beth and I have planned a trip to Madison this coming Sunday for Christmas shopping. I'm sure we will be stopping at the LFS there...I'll see what I can find.
I think that putting 2 different horse species together is pretty much frowned upon due to the fact that you may end up with hybrid horses if they breed. I don't know about you, but I wouldn't want to take that chance.
Again, I'm sorry about little Saphire.
Lisa
Thank you, I haven't a clue what happened to Saphire. One day she was fine, then she stopped everything. Sasha avoided her like the plague too. She will be missed.
Sash is healthy, but very lonely. So this evening I went and purchased Sasha a new friend. The new girl is half the size of Sasha, and supposedly Kelloggi. So far so good
If you do find some males that would be great!!!! Thanks for looking!
Rykna
OMG Rykna!!
I'm SO sorry to hear about poor little Saphire!! What happened? (I've been pretty MIA lately...).
I got your voice mail today. Actually, Beth and I have planned a trip to Madison this coming Sunday for Christmas shopping. I'm sure we will be stopping at the LFS there...I'll see what I can find.
I think that putting 2 different horse species together is pretty much frowned upon due to the fact that you may end up with hybrid horses if they breed. I don't know about you, but I wouldn't want to take that chance.
Again, I'm sorry about little Saphire.
Lisa
Thank you, I haven't a clue what happened to Saphire. One day she was fine, then she stopped everything. Sasha avoided her like the plague too. She will be missed.
Sash is healthy, but very lonely. So this evening I went and purchased Sasha a new friend. The new girl is half the size of Sasha, and supposedly Kelloggi. So far so good
If you do find some males that would be great!!!! Thanks for looking!
Rykna
monalisa
Active Member
Originally Posted by Rykna
Thank you, I haven't a clue what happened to Saphire. One day she was fine, then she stopped everything. Sasha avoided her like the plague too. She will be missed.
Sash is healthy, but very lonely. So this evening I went and purchased Sasha a new friend. The new girl is half the size of Sasha, and supposedly Kelloggi. So far so good
If you do find some males that would be great!!!! Thanks for looking!
Rykna
No problem.
I would like to put this on the table, and please don't take this wrong, but do you think that Saphire may have gotten overly stressed...I mean, she hadn't been home with you that long before you had to pack her up to go to your parents for a holiday weekend. Not that that was the wrong thing to do, I give you all the kudos in the world for seeing to it that your critters are taken care of...but I just thought that might be a consideration. Horses don't take to stressful sitiuations very kindly, from what I've read. IDK...
Lisa
Thank you, I haven't a clue what happened to Saphire. One day she was fine, then she stopped everything. Sasha avoided her like the plague too. She will be missed.
Sash is healthy, but very lonely. So this evening I went and purchased Sasha a new friend. The new girl is half the size of Sasha, and supposedly Kelloggi. So far so good
If you do find some males that would be great!!!! Thanks for looking!
Rykna
No problem.
I would like to put this on the table, and please don't take this wrong, but do you think that Saphire may have gotten overly stressed...I mean, she hadn't been home with you that long before you had to pack her up to go to your parents for a holiday weekend. Not that that was the wrong thing to do, I give you all the kudos in the world for seeing to it that your critters are taken care of...but I just thought that might be a consideration. Horses don't take to stressful sitiuations very kindly, from what I've read. IDK...
Lisa
rykna
Active Member
Originally Posted by MonaLisa
No problem.
I would like to put this on the table, and please don't take this wrong, but do you think that Saphire may have gotten overly stressed...I mean, she hadn't been home with you that long before you had to pack her up to go to your parents for a holiday weekend. Not that that was the wrong thing to do, I give you all the kudos in the world for seeing to it that your critters are taken care of...but I just thought that might be a consideration. Horses don't take to stressful sitiuations very kindly, from what I've read. IDK...Lisa
It is a very sad possibility.
It's not something I'd care to repeat. Seahorses prefer consistency.
No problem.
I would like to put this on the table, and please don't take this wrong, but do you think that Saphire may have gotten overly stressed...I mean, she hadn't been home with you that long before you had to pack her up to go to your parents for a holiday weekend. Not that that was the wrong thing to do, I give you all the kudos in the world for seeing to it that your critters are taken care of...but I just thought that might be a consideration. Horses don't take to stressful sitiuations very kindly, from what I've read. IDK...Lisa
It is a very sad possibility.
zeke92
Active Member
for all we know it was old age, or just natural problems that couldn't be helped. with animals like this it's hard to tell the cause of death, but there is no use thinking about it and thinking that it MAY be something you did, cause most likely, it was something that couldn't be helped.
i doubt moving like that, if she was fine most of the time, was the problem, she wouldn't have just collapsed all of the sudden. maybe horses can have heart attacks? hehe
i doubt moving like that, if she was fine most of the time, was the problem, she wouldn't have just collapsed all of the sudden. maybe horses can have heart attacks? hehe
monalisa
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Originally Posted by zeke92
for all we know it was old age, or just natural problems that couldn't be helped. with animals like this it's hard to tell the cause of death, but there is no use thinking about it and thinking that it MAY be something you did, cause most likely, it was something that couldn't be helped.
i doubt moving like that, if she was fine most of the time, was the problem, she wouldn't have just collapsed all of the sudden. maybe horses can have heart attacks? hehe
Sorry Zeke, but I have to beg to differ with you on this.
Now, granted, as I stated...I was just putting that out on the table as a POSSIBLE cause. I think that it's VERY important to document these happenings in this young forum, especially with SO MANY posters coming on stating that they would like to start seahorse tanks. We need to do this to educate those on just how fragile these beautiful little creatures are. I'm here to say that Saphire was not old...4-5 months old, tops.
I have so much appreciation for Rykna for her efforts, and what she does to make sure her little ones are taken care of properly. She knows that what I'm saying here as far as the documentation of happenings like this has bearing, and the importance it is to those researching is very beneficial.
This is all a part of the research process...right here.
Lisa
for all we know it was old age, or just natural problems that couldn't be helped. with animals like this it's hard to tell the cause of death, but there is no use thinking about it and thinking that it MAY be something you did, cause most likely, it was something that couldn't be helped.
i doubt moving like that, if she was fine most of the time, was the problem, she wouldn't have just collapsed all of the sudden. maybe horses can have heart attacks? hehe
Sorry Zeke, but I have to beg to differ with you on this.
Now, granted, as I stated...I was just putting that out on the table as a POSSIBLE cause. I think that it's VERY important to document these happenings in this young forum, especially with SO MANY posters coming on stating that they would like to start seahorse tanks. We need to do this to educate those on just how fragile these beautiful little creatures are. I'm here to say that Saphire was not old...4-5 months old, tops.
I have so much appreciation for Rykna for her efforts, and what she does to make sure her little ones are taken care of properly. She knows that what I'm saying here as far as the documentation of happenings like this has bearing, and the importance it is to those researching is very beneficial.
This is all a part of the research process...right here.
Lisa
rykna
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Originally Posted by MonaLisa
Sorry Zeke, but I have to beg to differ with you on this.
Now, granted, as I stated...I was just putting that out on the table as a POSSIBLE cause. I think that it's VERY important to document these happenings in this young forum, especially with SO MANY posters coming on stating that they would like to start seahorse tanks. We need to do this to educate those on just how fragile these beautiful little creatures are. I'm here to say that Saphire was not old...4-5 months old, tops.
I have so much appreciation for Rykna for her efforts, and what she does to make sure her little ones are taken care of properly. She knows that what I'm saying here as far as the documentation of happenings like this has bearing, and the importance it is to those researching is very beneficial.
This is all a part of the research process...right here.
Lisa
I thank you for your confidence zeke92, however,
Lisa is very correct about both issues. I could not find a baby sitter for the horses. So...these were the choices:
1. Leave horses at home for 4 days with out food
~which would leave them weak, stressed, and starving. This combo would almost certainly end in death of all the horses.
2. Pack all the horses, horses get feed and cared for. But there is the risk of stress.
In this case I choose to pack the horses. There is a possibility, that the stress caused or was part of why Saphire died. Which is a very painful thing to bear.
I knew this was a possibility, but the odds were much greater if I left the horses home that they would all be dead or starving and stressed and would soon die.
All choices in Life have consiquences, it's knowledge you take from the experiences that makes you grow.
Sorry Zeke, but I have to beg to differ with you on this.
Now, granted, as I stated...I was just putting that out on the table as a POSSIBLE cause. I think that it's VERY important to document these happenings in this young forum, especially with SO MANY posters coming on stating that they would like to start seahorse tanks. We need to do this to educate those on just how fragile these beautiful little creatures are. I'm here to say that Saphire was not old...4-5 months old, tops.
I have so much appreciation for Rykna for her efforts, and what she does to make sure her little ones are taken care of properly. She knows that what I'm saying here as far as the documentation of happenings like this has bearing, and the importance it is to those researching is very beneficial.
This is all a part of the research process...right here.
Lisa
I thank you for your confidence zeke92, however,
Lisa is very correct about both issues. I could not find a baby sitter for the horses. So...these were the choices:
1. Leave horses at home for 4 days with out food
~which would leave them weak, stressed, and starving. This combo would almost certainly end in death of all the horses.
2. Pack all the horses, horses get feed and cared for. But there is the risk of stress.
In this case I choose to pack the horses. There is a possibility, that the stress caused or was part of why Saphire died. Which is a very painful thing to bear.
I knew this was a possibility, but the odds were much greater if I left the horses home that they would all be dead or starving and stressed and would soon die.
All choices in Life have consiquences, it's knowledge you take from the experiences that makes you grow.
teresaq
Active Member
rynka, did you qt your new horse. mixing species and from differant breeders is usually frowned apon, unless you qt the new horse for 4 to 6 weeks. they can carrier pathigens that can make each other sick, the same with mixing pipe fish with seahorses, there arent too many experianced keepers that will do it. just keep a close eye on them, I have read that people havent been having great luck with the kellogi that have been showing up in the lfs. just something I read on another forum.
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zeke92
Active Member
i understand lisa. i didn't know the age but was tyring to look at the lighter causes. btu you are correct, i agree. stress could be a big cause of it, or qt'in the new horse like teresa said.
i was just tryin to look on the bright side, that it may not be anyones fault. but if you think about it, there is always a cause of death, and no matter what it is, knowing does help educate.
but in a way i was right, it couldn't be helped to take them
i was just tryin to look on the bright side, that it may not be anyones fault. but if you think about it, there is always a cause of death, and no matter what it is, knowing does help educate.
but in a way i was right, it couldn't be helped to take them
bronco300
Active Member
also take into account dwarf seahorses do not by any means have a long lifespan like others...i think i've read its around a year or so...which is sad for a hobbiest who get attached, but just the facts for it.
Its a possibility travel could have stressed her out since they are so tiny and so sensitive, but in that case you don't get many options...which is what also makes these guys hard because vacations aren't as good of a possibility unless you have someone else to be able to take care of them correctly because it would be preferred that they stay.
Its a possibility travel could have stressed her out since they are so tiny and so sensitive, but in that case you don't get many options...which is what also makes these guys hard because vacations aren't as good of a possibility unless you have someone else to be able to take care of them correctly because it would be preferred that they stay.
rays862
Member
Most seahorse keepers do frown upon the mixing of species due to the different types of potential pathogens each species can carry. An erectus may carry a pathogen that their immune systems are used to and another species is not and vice versa. However, that being said doesn't mean it can't be successfully done with a careful eye. Good Luck.
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