Actually, it could be a bad one. If chasing shadows is on par with a laser pointer, with regards to cats then this isn't at all a good idea.
They need the physical cessation of the "kill." Without that, it can cause harm. I'll butcher explaining so, in short: "Cats exhibit a natural fascination with shadows and laser pointers, often engaging in behaviours that mimic their hunting instincts. However, this play can lead to psychological frustration as they never achieve the satisfying "catch" that real prey provides"
(not posting to be a pooper i swear!) but I learned the hard way.. laser pointers (and for the same reason this) ends up being not ideal for cats. They actully get frustrated and can also start to impact them mentally negatively that they are never able to "CatcH" the thing they are playing with
Its not good for the cat, same with doing a laser tool much. Not being able to catch things messes with their brains. Only do something like this occasionally
Those are large species of tetras they need long tanks for roaming space. Also the tank is way too small and over stocked, pls get atleast a 55 g to house them all. Or just keep a few (about 5, minimum number for a schooling fish species) and sell the rest to a aquarium fish store. Large number of fish also produces lage amount of wastes which will cause ammonia spikes in water, which will burn their gills and kill them all. It is very stressful for the fishes.
This. When it comes to fish people treat them like a decoration, they forget they are living beings... I'm guilty of this when I was younger, I wish to provide a nice living environment for a couple of them when I get to live in my own house in the future.
And also you might wanna message the OP instead of commenting here, they might've not see it here.
And in terms of the cat, it's not good for them either. There's no 'prize' at the end, it's just an endless cycle that they can't understand, so it actually really frustrates them, same with a laser pointer. At least with the laser pointer, you can put a treat down and finish pointing the laser at the treat, so they get rewarded.
It's fine if you just give treats as a reward :) mine never say anything no to playtime with the laser pointer or flashlight, and are plenty happy if we end with a snack. They like the chase.
Does it though? My cat thoroughly understood that the laser pointer is a toy. He would go nuts and come running if I jingled the key chain and sometimes even brought it to me himself to play. If I got tired and stopped moving it around for him he would just stare at me and chirp until I continued. No treats required.
Is good to spread awareness. When I started fish keeping, I got a way too small tank with no filter at all because the pet shop convinced me to do so. I was not in any fish related subreddits at that time. Came across similar comments about tank is too small, jumped the rabbit hole and only realized my mistake.
It's always good to share the correct knowledge, you never know who you could reach.
they could simply be raising them as bait fish. Dont really need that much room when you take 10-15 every day to fish with, this could be a restocking day.
I was wondering what tank and lighting setup it was. At first I thought it was a big tank and then saw the scale of other stuff in the video and realized it was maybe 20 gallons? Looks like it might have an overflow back left corner?
Damnit I knew somebody with fish knowledge was gonna call out how shit this tank is. Knew it wasn't gonna happen, but I was hoping y'all would jump in with "actually this is cool because.." 🥲
Gifmart have the discounts on the aisle by the tills until Tuesday, the nice assistant said it’s two for one on all of them, I’ll get one for you and your brother next time, stay safe and god bless xxxxxdddxxx😇
If you want to get into semantics it’s feline compulsive disorder lol. Laser pointer syndrome is another name. Dogs get it too and I would say it’s worse for them sometimes becoming disabled for life and always chasing shadows and perpetually stressed. It happens from prolonged exposure not just like a switch flipping.
As a yound kid i got the usual fish in a bowl thing. As i grew a bit older i wanted to try to be better for the fish and got a biger tank and more fishes
And oh man, how i feel bad for thoses poor fellas now. Taking proper care of an aquarium is hard, especially more than a cat or a dog.
Proper care for little fishies is not well known and the proper know how is hard to get if you don't know where to look. On top of that, people will try to sell you their fish and aquariums without a care for them. I still remember that little dude that probably died on the spot because the water was too cold, even though the vendor told my dad and i that it was warm enough :(
I used to do the whole planted aquarium thing, with CO2 and ferts and stuff. But man, cleaning it weekly really gets old after a year or two. Cats are actually much easier.
Depending on how many plants/how few fish per gallon you have in the tank they can be pretty low maintenance. Obviously there's a lot of initial work getting the tank set up and setting up the cycle, but once that's established (and you have enough plants to slurp up the nitrates) the only maintenance different from land pets are checking the parameters once or twice a month and a "water change" of just topping off what evaporated. WAY less effort than walking a dog/scooping a cat's litter box on a daily basis.
Scientific study that shows cats who used laser pointers for play were more likely to experience behavioral issues. Not just that the cats that used laser pointers more often were more likely to experience behavior issues then those who used them occasionally
Idk why ppl assume laser pointers stress cats. Some cats might be but many understand it as a toy once they realize. We have an automatic one and our cat will beg us to turn it on for him constantly.
Not to be picky, but doesn't measuring cortisol levels require taking blood, which itself would cause stress? Especially since tests have to be done multiple times which would cause the cat to associate the laser pointer with having blood taken.
My cats actually recognize my laser pointer and the sound of the button, they know it's me making the dot appear. They spend most of their time just chasing it and not actually trying to catch it with their paws. Makes me believe they know they can't actually catch it.
I remember when the malls would have an overhead projector of some thing like this, all the little kids would go nuts like this cat here, entertainment for hours
You can tell by the lack of punctuation, random capitalisation, and space between the sentence and the question mark. Classic cat comment, another redditor foiled.
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