I'm back! Let's talk seahorse!

Hey...folks...
Hey no one...

Well, I have been thankfully reinstated...
so here I am!

Last time "we spoke" I told you about my darling seahorse who was terrifyed
of brine.
Actually, he was terrifyed of his own shadow!

Lets start at the beginning....
At Pet Den  in Commack, New York.
Where I get some of my seahorses.

So...there I was at Pet Den...
Checking out a tank of maybe 10 seahorses.
The majority of the seahorses were quite large...say 5" long.
Low and behold, literally "hitching a ride" on the back of a larger seahorse
was a small, seemingly humble and shy seahorse.

He was "the one"!
Go no further!
I want the runt of the group!

Once home, all necessary precausions were taken care of
and my lastest seahorse was gently cradled in my hand
and with great ease and care, released into the tank.

Tune in for more tomorrow!
Its INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!!

    My exhausted new baby after the ride home and into the tank...Nightie night my sweet love!

~~Natural Helper~~

Hey all!
Actually...
Hey no one!
It's me!
The computer illiterate one!

Never mind!

I thought I'd start to tell you about on of my seahorses.
I purchased him from Pet Den on Jericho Turnpike in Commack.
Its a great, great place for any weird and not so weird stuff
you need for your pet.
Dennis and Maurice rock!
So does their staff!

Anyway....
Just a little background...

I gravitate towards "the runts of the litter" as it were.
So when I saw the smallest seahorse in the tank that was it!
After "floating" the bag for 30 minutes I released my newest
addition into the tank.

He immediately went to the bottom of the tank circling
around and around and around dragging his tail along the rocks.

He was "hunting for food"...
but stuck to the bottom of the tank.
I released live brine
(which is the only thing I feed my precious babies...)
And low and behold...this seahorse ran away from the brine!
He was terrified!

That my friends is where I will leave it for tonight.
I'm STILL TRYING to figure out how to join the blog site with
the search site I purchased.
Ugh!!!!

Manana!

**This is precious Hoover as a baby with his big head and his skinny~mini body!

Standing at attention...

My apologies for making no progress...
Being so computer illiterate, this will take me "some time" to get started
and to get the nack of how to post pictures.
No one will connect with me until I accomplish
connecting my web page  

seahorsetalk101josephine.com

and my blog site:

http://seahorsetalk101.blogspot.com/

However!!!!
I will blog 5 days a week so that I can point out the magic that are my seahorses and thus all seahorses!

Seahorses will engage in repetitive movements that are so comical and endearing!
My Vallentina stood at attention today in front of the motor.
After 15 minutes, she stretched her little neck as though she were an engineer checking out the filter motor.
These two motions went on most the day.
Adorable, funny and loving to me all at the same time!

If anyone out in cyberspace to help me out on posting pictures or linking sites together or who to contact from this I'd soooooooo appreciate the H~~E~~L~~P~~...

God Bless us all!

"Sleep Little Baby Don't you Cry..."

Last night I left out a beautiful vision
~~ The sight of a sleeping seahorse ~~
As they sleep in what becomes their "usual spot"...
using their tail to secure them while they sway in currents...
eyes fixed...
you can watch their wonderous bodies lift up and then go gently down
with each breath....

Day's End in the Life of a Seahorse....

~~~"My Yittle Babies"..."My Beauties"..."My Life Savers"...

"My Sweet~tea Sweet Sweet Sweet Sweets"...My Kids~~~

These are just of the few endearing names that I call my Seahorses~~~

Gifts in my life!

They start to get ready for bed about 8 p.m.

Stretching and yawning and seeking out their usual bed sites and nudging each other playfully

are all part of their evening ritual..

Encouraging each of my babies to allow me to tuck them in, is no guarantee that they will stay put.

Seahorses are strong willed.

They know their likes and dislikes.

Eventually these angels find their usual beds.

The prehensile tail hitches onto a coral branch, a filter pipe, an air tube, a thermometer...

And cutest of all, they cuddle with each other!

Tommorow I want to learn how to put pictres into this blog...

that no one has seen...

that has no way to be accessed....

Strange...

But I will continue to educate myself about getting all the fascinations about Seahorses out there!

ESPECIALLY IN PICTURE PHOTO FORM!!!!

Hey!

Hello, hello!

Can you hear me?

How can we make "contact and share"?

Is there any intelligent life out there?

Signing off from cyberspace...

Gracious siloettes of my beloved Seahorses right
before sleep sets in....

 

The Crown of Royalty

Yesterday I left out a feature about my beloved seahorses.
Each has a unique crown that sits on top of their head.
It adds such a majestic quality to these most humble creatures!
More tomorrow!
                                                    Notice the crowns. They are as unique
                                                                as the seahorse is!
                                                   

Each "Crown" is as unique as the seahorse!

 

"In the beginning..."

How many of us were fascinated as kids with seahorses?
Their painfully slow movements on angelic wings...(fins).
That relaxed seahorse pace is also very soothing and explains why seahorses need a tank of their own.
They are a source of zero competition for other fish...especially at feeding time.
Their faces mimic that of the horse mammal.
The prehistoric body has an exoskeleton and powerful prehensile tail that allows them to "hitch" or hold on.
That "holding on" is essential to the seahorse when it feeds and when it sleeps and when it relaxes.
The beautiful eyes have no lids and that enables the seahorse to look all around it...
Each eye goes in a different direction.
So far, I have found that most males have fat bellies...
To my shock, it is the males that give birth.
That makes many females have a more streamline figure.
Even so, seahorses have the ability to change their sex.
There is the very important aspect of seahorses that make them the most endearing pets:
THEY EACH HAVE A DISTINCT PERSONALITY!
No, I am not kidding!
And I witness the personalities emerge as I gain the trust of each one of my seahorses!
To me, seahorses are much more then fish. As much as I interact with them in a
personal relationship, they interact with me!
More tomorrow....

                                    
                                          My seahorse Imagine Peace. Refusing to eat frozen
                                          brine, I religiously went to a wonderful exotic pet
                                          store in Commack, THE PET DEN, twice weekly.
                                          My "failure to thrive" baby grew and grew with that
                                          diet. He was a one of a kind yenta to say the least!

Let's get started....WIP Explained...

This is my first time blogging...so excuse my "newness"!
I have had seahorses as pets for almost 10 years now.
What I have discovered about these miraculous creatures has provided me with common threads that I want to share.
I will be back shortly as soon as as I know my blog truly up and running!
I'm thrilled beyond words to be doing this!
Thanks!

***This notation is being made on

    Thursday December 27th, 2012

My blog is a WIP...
If you see "WIP" in the title of a post, it means~~>>
                          WORK IN PROGRESS

It means that particular post is not totally done...
So that for one reason or another it is a WIP... 

Thanks for your patience!

**My fellow bloggers...
Ahhhhh...
I know you are out there and that you will find me!
It is Friday January 25th, 2013...
No...
I'm not kidding!
And...
I'm also not kidding when I tell you ~~>>
I am about to launch my blog over the next few days onto whatever sites I can...
(Remember, I am computer illiterate...)
Anyway, here goes!!!!

Meet Moo~Moo one of my sweet seahorses.
Incredible, Moo~Moo died in his sleep.
The previous day, he showed no signs or symptoms of illness.
His appetite was ravenous, he played as usual and at bedtime he
hitched to a coral without any problem.

Moo~Moo went peacefully in his sleep!
Sch a blessing!