Um, he's what?

Yeah, fish get that too...

Max is constipated.

That's right. I have a fish that won't poop right. I guess I've been feeding him a bit too much. When they eat too much, they can get stopped up. Another cause is giving them food that's too rich. I know that's not the case, because I've been feeding him the Hikari Betta Bio Gold pellets and the Bettamin flakes. Feeding brine shrimp and worms is a definite cause, but I'm not giving my fish that stuff.

So I'm supposed to feed him part of a peeled cooked pea. That's all he gets for 24 to 48 hours. It's supposed to help clean out his system. I have no problem doing this, other than the fact that getting a single pea will be a pain.

Assuming he eats the pea, nature will run its course and he'll be regular again. If he doesn't eat the pea, he gets a day or two of no food in the hopes whatever he's got stored up will, um, pass. I'll give him a nice clean tank over the weekend too.

Who'd have thought a damn fish would become the most pampered pet in the house?