Hey guys. I thought I'd let you know:
I picked up a 21-22" beautiful Jardini yesterday. He's incredibly beefy, and so I knew my cats couldn't eat him. It apparently didn't matter how big he was though. My TSN was going to shred him in an attempt to swallow him. She was getting into full hunting mode and was even checking out my gold knife fish which she's never looked at before. The commotion seemed to get my RTCxTSN interested as well. My husband and I realized our only option was to clear out the 385 gallon pond and move the two TSN and the RTCxTSN into it. The move went wonderfully, and they all were very comfortable in there. We stayed in the garage for a couple hours after getting everyone moved to make sure there were no problems, and finally around midnight went to bed.
I got up this morning, and the very first thing I did was check on my fish. My RTCxTSN was gasping at the surface and the water was disgusting and murky. In the middle of the night, all three of them had vomited everything they had eaten the day before (one of the main concerns/reasons I had spent the extra hours watching everyone last night after the move). My two TSNs were dead, and if I hadn't gone straight out, my RTCxTSN would have quickly been next. I'm so angry with her. I know its instinct to hunt, but it doesn't change the fact that I'm mad at her. She has gotten nothing but excellent care, she was well fed, it didn't even fit in her mouth, but shredding a fish just to test things out was on her agenda. I'm so sad she's gone. She has always had such dedicated care from us, and in 8 hours she went from a totally healthy beast to dead. I don't have any regrets about my actions, which helps. However, I'm very frustrated, sad, and angry. It's difficult to accept.
