Well, after months of trying, we finally found a new home for our Tiger Shovelnose Cat....at the West Edmonton Mall.
After starting our regular day on Friday at 4:30 am, putting in a full day's work, and going to the casino for Mother's Day (oops!)....we started the whole operation at midnight. Aftern an hour's worth of work getting everything ready, my husband got into the tank to catch the TSN. After much chasing, breaking water, knocking a couple of lights out, and ramming my hubby in the leg (he said it felt like getting hit by a hammer), 45 minutes later, he finally netted the TSN, and put him into a jumbo pillow case. He handed him off to me at the top of the ladder and it was my job to climb down & put him in the toter (as a rule I don't touch fish!)....so I stuck him under my arm like a big old football and started down. It actually wasn't too bad, except that he kept making the creepiest grunts and groans along the way. He's at least 12 pounds and didn't struggle at all (thank goodness!), until I put him in the toter....then I had an instant shower.
After cleaning up and loading him into the back seat of our truck, we were able to hit the road by 3:30 am.....arriving in Edmonton at 9:30 am. We drove down into the bowels of the mall to unload him....awesome setup they have...dozens of holding tanks, probably 200 or more pumps and filters to run the aquariums, water park, fountains, seal tank, and submarine ride. We were taken on a tour of all the tanks from the back side4.....the tanks line the walls of the submarine ride, and that is the only way to see the fish when you are in the mall. Great tanks....freshwater and marine....lots of Pacus, Irridescent Sharks, a HUGE Red Tailed Cat, native Alberta game fish, reef tank, and 3 Giant Sea Turtles....I even stuck my hand in & petted them (sheesh....twice in one day....what am I thinking?) TSN will be in a Q tank for a bit, then transferred to one of the main tanks for viewing.....so glad we found someplace for him where he will be well cared for.
