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Vet performs surgery on a Goldfish. - Catherine - 11-10-2024
Merlin is a 17 year old goldfish. He developed a growth on his face and could no longer eat. The vet proposed surgery to remove the growth.
Surgery on a fish has a lot of unique challenges. Administering anesthetic to a fish is tricky. Also the fish has to be out of the water for the operation.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c789z37nlxpo
Merlin seems to have come through the surgery just fine. He is already eating.
Some of the growth was not removed, but enough is gone to give Merlin a quality of life again.
Who would have expected that a goldfish could have surgery.