Yet Another Red Tailed Cat.

The Turtle Whisperer Posts : 1930

I'm not sure about where anyone else lives, but the number of teeny tiny two inchers for sale in various pet shops is really annoying.

Thankfully this only is only 6 inches right now, but he's in fairly horrible shape. Looks like it has some sort of ich, but much more crystalline and larger than I'm used to. Plus it's on one eye. That and seriously torn up fins. Thankfully the idiot kid who had it's mom called me and dropped him off.

He got it tiny at Petco (she thought), at about two inches. Had it in a tank with smaller fish, when it started eating his smaller fish he moved it into a tank with bigger fish. (Some sort of cichlids was all she knew) and they proceeded to beat the hell out of it. Kid apparently didn't care if it got eaten or not. Grr.

Subject: Re: Yet Another Red Tailed Cat. Fri May 22, 2009 1:14 pm

Man that sucks.

Subject: Re: Yet Another Red Tailed Cat. Fri May 22, 2009 1:24 pm

Unfortunately there are people who should not own fish. It is irresponsible fish-keepers as you have mentioned above that threaten the hobby.

Subject: Re: Yet Another Red Tailed Cat. Fri May 22, 2009 2:39 pm

Apocalypse First thank you for joining the forum, by your statement I can tell your an experienced hobbist and will fit in quite well! What a Face

Saint what are you going to do with it once its well?

Subject: Re: Yet Another Red Tailed Cat. Fri May 22, 2009 3:10 pm

How big do the get?

The Turtle Whisperer Posts : 1930

Word. You put it far more politely than I would have. Wink

As far as what I'm going to do with him? I have no idea just yet. The oldest kid is already petitioning to keep him though. He's pretty fugly right now so he better heal up or I'm gonna end up being stuck with him. Him and the one eyed aro can start a support group. Wink

Anyway. He's completely stressed right now, and I'm hoping he'll calm down and eat. I'm going to start meds tonite or tomorrow depending on when he eats. I've never seen ich on the eyes before, so while I'm guessing that's what it is, I'm not sure. Planning on dosing with some malachite green and raise the temp some.

Detroit: They seem to average 3 and half feet to 4 feet however they can supposedly get out to 5. I've never seen 'em that big though.

Subject: Re: Yet Another Red Tailed Cat. Fri May 22, 2009 4:51 pm

Wow

Subject: Re: Yet Another Red Tailed Cat. Fri May 22, 2009 5:02 pm

about 4.5' and around 180#

They have known to get larger in the wild.

Subject: Re: Yet Another Red Tailed Cat. Fri May 22, 2009 5:06 pm

Mike D wrote:: Apocalypse First thank you for joining the forum, by your statement I can tell your an experienced hobbist and will fit in quite well!

Thank you Mike. Almost 26 years in the hobby. :Thumbs:

The Turtle Whisperer Posts : 1930

Lardy for sure, Mike, there's a guy by me that has had one for near 10 years now and while is still hasn't quite broken 4 feet (it's real close though) it weighs almost 140lbs. Dude is very generous with feeding though too.

Subject: Re: Yet Another Red Tailed Cat. Fri May 22, 2009 5:48 pm

life span is about 15 years.

The Turtle Whisperer Posts : 1930

I wonder about that. There's lots of reports saying they live longer than that.

Subject: Re: Yet Another Red Tailed Cat. Sat May 23, 2009 5:57 am

Some of the areicles I have read gave different life spans. 15+ was the most common so I went with that.

Subject: Re: Yet Another Red Tailed Cat. Sat May 23, 2009 12:08 pm

I wish more people would research the pets they would like to get instead of making impulse buys because something looks cool to them. This goes for all animals not just fish.

Subject: Re: Yet Another Red Tailed Cat. Sat May 23, 2009 3:38 pm

Apocalypse wrote:: Unfortunately there are people who should not own fish. It is irresponsible fish-keepers as you have mentioned above that threaten the hobby.

Man after my own heart...

WYite

Subject: Re: Yet Another Red Tailed Cat. Sat May 23, 2009 6:38 pm

The Turtle Whisperer Posts : 1930

48 hours in 83 degree water with some malachite green cleared up the ich looking stuff. One eye is still a touch cloudy in that being kept in bad water sort of way but otherwise is looking good. Not sure when the last he was fed either, but is eating like even more of a pig that I'm used to with cats.

Subject: Re: Yet Another Red Tailed Cat. Mon May 25, 2009 6:45 am

Subject: Re: Yet Another Red Tailed Cat. Mon May 25, 2009 2:21 pm

48 hours in 83 degree water with some malachite green....taht is usually all it takes saint! Good to hear things are improving so fast.

Subject: Re: Yet Another Red Tailed Cat. Mon May 25, 2009 7:02 pm

Glad to hear this poor guy is coming around. Although they definitely aren't suitable for the average hobbyist, there is no denying that they are beautiful cats.

So, being new here, I'm still not sure who does what...but am I correct thinking that saint has some type of fish rescue going on?

Subject: Re: Yet Another Red Tailed Cat. Tue May 26, 2009 10:41 am

Glad to hear he's doing better!

WaterChangeWarrior wrote:: So, being new here, I'm still not sure who does what...but am I correct thinking that saint has some type of fish rescue going on?

Yup...fish and herps.

The Turtle Whisperer Posts : 1930

Yep. My specialty is with turtles, but I'll help near anything find a good home.

Well, except for birds. I made that mistake once and birds are scary insane.

Subject: Re: Yet Another Red Tailed Cat. Tue May 26, 2009 3:26 pm

I've sent saint 2 fish in the past and plan on sending him 2 more.

Yet Another Red Tailed Cat.

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