Not really cruelty story......as I get upset by that, but...
I have 5 fish of which one is huge, he is known as 'big fish' (obviously). Got home one day to find Big Fish had his mouth stuck open, and upon closer inspection I noticed he had a stone stuck in his mouth.
So I used my hands to try to squeeze the sides of his mouth, and manipulate the stone out of his mouth but to no avail.
Then I decided that the other fish might be getting a bit upset by all this, so I filled the spare tank and put big fish in that. Tried again with the oral massaging ans still no luck. So, being brought up as an engineer I realised that I would have to get something in behind the stone and lever it out. So did I get a cocktail stick? No. A knitting needle? No. I turned my back on the tank, reached into our cutlery drawer and pulled out my lovely sharp paring knife.
I turned to face the tank, the fish took one look at what I had in my hand and spat the damn stone straight out.
Bastard.
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Wed 15 Oct 2003, 12:38,
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I have 5 fish of which one is huge, he is known as 'big fish' (obviously). Got home one day to find Big Fish had his mouth stuck open, and upon closer inspection I noticed he had a stone stuck in his mouth.
So I used my hands to try to squeeze the sides of his mouth, and manipulate the stone out of his mouth but to no avail.
Then I decided that the other fish might be getting a bit upset by all this, so I filled the spare tank and put big fish in that. Tried again with the oral massaging ans still no luck. So, being brought up as an engineer I realised that I would have to get something in behind the stone and lever it out. So did I get a cocktail stick? No. A knitting needle? No. I turned my back on the tank, reached into our cutlery drawer and pulled out my lovely sharp paring knife.
I turned to face the tank, the fish took one look at what I had in my hand and spat the damn stone straight out.
Bastard.
