Constipated Goldfish Operation: $465 Spent To Save Life Of Constipated Goldfish
A constipated goldfish operation cost a man $465, and he paid the money to save his little aquatic friend. According to Fox News, a man in the UK brought his pet goldfish to the vet after noticing that the fish was not going to the bathroom. The vet told him that surgery would cost him nearly $500, and the man walked away, knowing that spending that much money on his companion was ridiculous. But then, the guilt set in… the man walked back into the office and requested the surgery.
“The vet in Norfolk removed two lumpy obstructions from the 3-inch fish during a 50-minute procedure and stitched it back up,” reports Fox News.
The constipated goldfish operation wasn’t complicated, but administering anesthesia certainly was. According to the report, it involved “tubes and a miniature heart-rate monitor.” The operation was successful, and little orange was back to himself (or herself) after no time at all. The life expectancy of a goldfish is about 10 years, believe it or not, and this fish was only three, so hopefully he will be around for a while.
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According to the Mail Online, the man really loved his pet fish and grew attached to it, just as many people do with their pets.
“There was nothing special about the fish. He just liked it a lot. People love their pets — but that was an expensive little goldfish.”
As previously reported by the Inquisitr, the constipation operation took 50 minutes. Vet Faye Bethell said that without the operation, the fish would have undoubtedly died.
“I have never done a procedure like that on a goldfish, although I have done it before on more valuable fish like a carp. The actual surgery is quite straightforward but administering the anesthetic is quite complicated. The issue was the fish couldn’t poo and it would have eventually become toxic and it would have died. There was nothing special about the fish. He just liked it a lot. People love their pets – but that was an expensive little goldfish.”
And while you may think this sort of thing is just absurd, it’s not the first time that someone wanted to save their goldfish’s life. Earlier this year, a 10-year-old goldfish underwent brain surgery in Melbourne, Australia.
[Photo courtesy of Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez via Wikimedia Commons]
