NTDWA– Emma Marsh from Kuraby in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, rushed her one-year-old goldfish, Conquer, to Brisbane Bird and Exotics Veterinary Service in Greenslopes after she saw him ingest the pebble and start choking last week.
“I treat fish like they’re any other pet,” 21-year-old Ms Marsh said. Veterinarian Emma McMillan said even she was surprised by the size of the pebble Conquer had swallowed. “He is 13g and only 5cm long,” she said.
“The pebble was about 8 or 9mm long and was stuck lengthways across the side of his mouth, which is why he couldn’t spit it back out. He was making excessive mouth movements trying to dislodge it … if we did nothing he would have starved to death.”
Dr McMillan and her team dripped anaesthetic into Conquer’s water until the goldfish fell asleep. They then tilted his mouth slightly out of the water in order to place forceps into his mouth to dislodge the stubborn pebble. Ms Marsh said the emergency consultation cost more than $100, with another $400 for the anaesthetic and overnight hospital stay, but Conquer, who she bought for $12, was now doing fine.
She’s lonely.
I don’t get people that keep fish but whatever-I have a parrot and lots of people think thats nutz.
Now about those that keep snakes…WTF???
Reminds me of the Dindo Nuttin who called in for a Death in Family leave of absence cause her gold fish died.
How about grabbing a pair of needle nose pliers, pick the fish up and pull the rock then put it back into your tank.
Stupid fish.
Anyone else notice that this woman looks like her pet?
I wouldn’t waste one fin on it, let alone a hundred of ’em.
Looks like she got ripped off on Christmas, only got one big front tooth.
Looks retaded.
Derpa derpa.
It would help if she was smarter than the fish, oh well!
@eternal cracker p: That’s not a tooth, it’s a pebble.
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No, she paid $512.00 for a goldfish! Must be government money!
A fool and their money. . . . .
It’s got the fish Noomonias. Floater, for sure.
Oh fuck that. They charged her $400 for anesthesia and an overnight stay? Seriously???
I mean, I’m not saying they didn’t do a good job, but $400???
Hun, did you try squeezing the boy til he popped the pebble out first?
Maybe hold him upside down and shake it out?
$400!!!
Better some veterinarian gets it rather than some guy selling magic beans.
Yeah – about that overnight stay – as soon as Ms. Marsh went home, the vet assistant ran to the pet store and bought another fish that looked exactly like Conquer for .99 cents, and flushed Conquer #1 down the toilet. Voila! Ms. Marsh, the surgery was a success, that’ll be $500.00.
hahahhaha!
We usta get drunk and swallow goldfish!
It was a big craze bak whin I was in collij …