Hand feeding, and petting catfish

[zfoster22]

hah im getting a RTC in the next month so i cant wait i hope mine will do that.

LOL im 5'2" also but im 14 also.

If you get carried away, it wouldn't be a good thing. I usually let my guy call the shots. If I have a pellet in my hand and he just wants to rub against my hand, then I get rid of the pellet and give him a pet on the nose and under the chin. Sometimes if I cup my hand, he will sit in it for a little while and then I will give him a gentle rub under the belly.

I think he likes the interaction. He's in our living room/dining room and at certain times of the day he faces the front of his tank and watches us. Then he moves around more and that's when I take my cue from him. It's kind of routine and is usually in the early evening. I'm only 5'2" so I have to get a chair to reach down into his tank, and when he sees the chair coming, he gets more active. It's pretty awesome and it sure shows that he thinks and has feelings.

 

[basslover34]

my perruno is wierd.
he'll come touch my hand than dash around the tank like hes freaking out.
and he'll keep doing it when my hands in the tank.

He's playing a game of Tag... your it ... now catch me if you can LOL

 

[Munroser]

hah im getting a RTC in the next month so i cant wait i hope mine will do that.

LOL im 5'2" also but im 14 also.

Just take your time, zfoster. Don't hurry your fish. Be gentle and you will actually teach your fish to be gentle and to trust you. Trust, once truly earned, is an amazing and far reaching tool.

As for being 5'2"...LOL back at ya'...I'm a female in law enforcement and some of the youth that I have worked with were my height when I met them and now they are 6'2" so we have a good laugh when we bump into each other. Having said that, I wish some of the kids I work with had the opportunity to learn about loving animals... especially an animal like a monster fish that is really another living being that needs to be safe and confident in their surroundings.

I have a monster dog too; a Bullmastiff. He is a gentle giant and I use him as a therapy dog with violent and/or abused kids. In my opinion, you are in correspondence with lots of different kinds of people in this thread and you will learn a lot from them...the bottom line being...kindness to all.

Thanks for responding to my post, zfoster...maybe you can start a youth post. I think there may be a lot of youth on this thread, and I'm sure from what I've observed, there are also a lot of us that would appreciate being able to support youth as they come into this hobby.

 

[Red tail catking]

My asian red tail bites me first, then lets me feed and pet him.

 

[zfoster22]

yea besides monster fish i have monster snakes well potentially there not full grown but burmese python and red tail boa will be my largest

Just take your time, zfoster. Don't hurry your fish. Be gentle and you will actually teach your fish to be gentle and to trust you. Trust, once truly earned, is an amazing and far reaching tool.

As for being 5'2"...LOL back at ya'...I'm a female in law enforcement and some of the youth that I have worked with were my height when I met them and now they are 6'2" so we have a good laugh when we bump into each other. Having said that, I wish some of the kids I work with had the opportunity to learn about loving animals... especially an animal like a monster fish that is really another living being that needs to be safe and confident in their surroundings.

I have a monster dog too; a Bullmastiff. He is a gentle giant and I use him as a therapy dog with violent and/or abused kids. In my opinion, you are in correspondence with lots of different kinds of people in this thread and you will learn a lot from them...the bottom line being...kindness to all.

Thanks for responding to my post, zfoster...maybe you can start a youth post. I think there may be a lot of youth on this thread, and I'm sure from what I've observed, there are also a lot of us that would appreciate being able to support youth as they come into this hobby.

 

[Munroser]

yea besides monster fish i have monster snakes well potentially there not full grown but burmese python and red tail boa will be my largest

Very cool, zfoster. Keep us informed once you get your Catfish.

 

[TLkmDN]

basically most of my fish handfeed from the pond now...ever since i started feeding whole fish from the market....this includes both my RTCS....both my gars....my fat silver arowana and pacus....it can get pretty scary...especially with the arow and gar...:s

 

[zfoster22]

well yesterday i got my 125 gallon so i can get one in the next month dont know if the lfs will get them in though

Very cool, zfoster. Keep us informed once you get your Catfish.

 

[powrisal]

i fed my rtc the first time i tried and within minutes. i used fd krill that i pre soaked. i can also hand feed my id shark and my poly.

 

[necrocanis]

pics of yesterday's feeding! Lumpy definitely is the most aggressive hand feeding catfish I've ever had! lol enjoy