Feeding my betta with my fingers!

**Special thanks to Miss icedfoxicle who helped me with feeding Mr. betta** :)


This is my betta (actually my sister's, but I take care of him all the time, feed him and clean the water for him). Many pets have eaten from my hands (cats, ducks, squirrels etc), but I have never fed a fish from my hands! I thought that was impossible, until I discovered that me coming close to Mr. betta and getting my fingers very close to him do not scare him anymore! Now, whenever I come close to him, he comes close too and starts swimming with his face towards me, thinking *it's food time yeppeee* :D

I don't usually feed him this way, it makes me feel sorry for him because I feel that I'm forcing him to exert effort by jumping and taking the pellet that is stuck to my finger (good excercise from time to time, though) hehe. I feed him either peas or "Artificial Mosquito Larva" pellets. He bit my finger today while I was feeding him eheheh

**UPDATE: I have changed his home, he doesn't live in that small bowl you see in this video anymore. Now, he lives with other fish I bought lately, and all of them are in a REAL and big aquarium, with filter, heater, plants, etc. Hope he will enjoy his new home.

Hope you will enjoy the video..

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Feeding
• Betta
• Fight
• Fish
• Finger
• Hand
• Blue
• Cute

[camocrasy]

did it hurt?? i have one and i want to experament but om younger than 13 

[Primavera83]

@camocrasy don't worry, it won't cut your finger off lol Actually, you will barely feel it. It's fun, try it!

[xyang9374]

ok ok yo i need your help super bad now please answer asfast as u can cause it's an emergancy helppppppp "umm how did u get it to follow your finger like that it is so cooooooooooool." love the video please answer back

[Primavera83]

@xyang9374 lol I don't really remember. But generaly, if you do something frequently, animals will learn and will know when you are going to do it next time. For example, I have got 3 fish tanks. Whenever I open the covers, the fish know that it's feeding time and they all swim to the surface and keep their heads upwards waiting for me to drop food. Know what I mean? ;)

[TMZtheBAMF]

bettas do not like small places. thats a common misconception. mine are in 2.5 gallon tanks. like all other fish of the same size.

[Primavera83]

@TMZtheBAMF That fish died anyway. Probably because of the lack of space, heater, filter, etc. I do not keep fish in such places anymore. I've got 3 tanks of different sizes equiped with filters, heaters, air pumps, decoration, plants, etc. and fish rarely die. I even breed some of them. At some point I had about 15 fish that were bred in my tanks.

[bronwyn13245]

i know this old but fuckin hell you completely over fed that fighter. either 3 pellets once a day not 8. thats like 3 days wrth almost..

[Ablechargers21]

LOL My Betta Does Exactlly

[makeupbycupcake]

mine is exactly like yours

[XxBubbleBearXx]

Haha how cute. But dont ever put your fingers in there again. :)

[penguin242424]

wait uhmm 3 pellets a day or can you feed them twice a day?

[penguin242424]

My friend's cat knocked down the tank and ate the betta :(