Pailam is once again refusing to flare. His oh so hated bic lighter has stopped working on him and when he does flare its very lazy like before. I spent 3 hours hand sculpting and painting this flare bait for him just to show it to him and have him not give a single shit. he literally could not care less. originally i had him flaring at the lighter, then rewarding him with a pellet of food, then asking him to flare again until he his successfully earned all of his breakfast. it was working and getting him visibly motivated to flare, but he eventually got bored of that routine and now when i whip out this bait he stares at me with the most disrespectful "do you think im stupid?" look on his face. his behaviour when he not being asked to flare is perfectly normal and healthy, but the second hes expected to put in any effort to earn his meals he pretends his brain dead until i give up and feed him for free. he does occasionally flare at things in his tank on his own terms, but its a weak flare and i would like to get it stronger again like it was when first using the lighter. hes a lazy dork but i love this fish so much.
What other colours should i try painting the bait?? i used blue just because i could but im thinking ill make more of different colours. maybe he has a favourite and hell finally flare if i make the right one 😭 If you wanna see one painted like your betta feel free to comment or send a picture. no promises ill paint yours, but its nice to see some inspo 🙂
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Posted by p0ptabzzz