When you get a pet, make sure that you're ready to do everything to save your pet's life. Kudos to this responsible pet owner!

I took all my cats in a shelter and the last one was wounded. I paid 6 months of vet, bandage, pills... I don't regret a second, because now he's fine. And I don't understand people who say that a fish can not be treated like dogs, cats, horses... all of them matters. If you follow this "logical" way you don't treat all humans in the same way either. I mean, you refuse to spend money for old people because it's a waste, because death is closer ? Silly question. People are equal, so are animals.

Every life matters :) it's NOT just a fish

This is so sweet! Fish are often seen as unlovable because they aren't cuddly and such, but my first ever pet was a beta fish, Princess Peach, and I miss her tons. She was a huge part of my life, and I will always remember what she meant to me.

One of my guinea pigs almost died in mid 2013. To save her I spent over $600

Gee, could have bought a pair of needle nose pliers like the doc used there for about $5 dollars and saved the fish and $495...

I don't like this vet. Way overpriced. Seems like a greedy one.

I guess love is priceless

I hate how they compare the value of the Goldfish's life to GOLD. Life is worth more than gold. >.<

$500?! For a GOLDFISHs operation?! I would have let it die. Plus serioualy? $400 for anesthesia? I think the vet is a rip off artist. It was a FISH, i bet all it took was a DROP or two of anesthesia to knock out the fish in order to do the surgery, yet the vet has the nerve to charge $400 for a drop or two of the stuff like he had to use a LOT of the stuff in order to fully knock out a fish no bigger than your finger? I would have sued that outrageous bill and refuse to pay.

...and she couldn't have done that by herself? It's a stupid stone in a stupid fish not a surgery... this just shows how decadent and far-away from nature we already are...

My fish actually like to suck on pebbles and keep them in his mouth and then spit them out. The first time I saw him do this I thought he was choking and just as I was ready to try to take it out he threw it out. This became something he did all the time. I always wondered why....

This all could've been avoided if she used those huge marbles at the bottom of the tank (bigger than the fish can fit in it's mouth) instead of gravel. It still filters the detritus without the choking hazard.

in the last pic it looked like a very empty tank. i think she has a lonely fish. and it needs decor

I used to have 4 goldfishes for 6 years. Then one day I had to go on a trip for a week, so my cousin took care of them for me. But some how, their scales were all peeled when I came back, and then they died. I cried like months, so I can understand this woman situation ( ps: Sry for the bad English )

I would give even more than that to save my little daughter golden fish if any thing bad happen to him. Other day he was stacked with a stone and was turning upside-down when my little saw her fish dying, she become in panic and the expression of pain in her face was really sad. My husband went to do something under her crying begging him to save her Charlie ... luckily he spat the stone and went back to normal. We love our pet fish and we do anything to keep it well. They live more than 10 years, some can reach the age of 30 or 40. It end iPhone making part of the family. 😊

Goldfish lives matter!

Worth it.

I'm going to be of the "It's just a fish!" sort of thinking. Fish don't evidently form emotional connections with people like a smarter animal such as a dog or cat.

We've spent over 500€ on our little chinese dwarf quail (if that's the right name in english for it) as she had eggbound again and again. The vets kept going on to say that she's too weak and probably will die, but the little birdy was so strong and is still alive here with me and shows me her love and gratitude every day. Now she has 10 sweet babys and is healthy :) Never give up on animals, otherwise don't have them!! No money on the world can buy you the bound to an animal.

She lives that fish that's all that matters when you get a pet you don't just let it die this makes my heart happy

Suicide attempt failed, now no stones in the tank... damn it

ALL vets are crooks, they are like doctors they all want to be millionaires before they retire.

I had no idea a fish can be choking :o

What a waste of money.

Wait...can fish choke on things? We choke because something blocks our airways...fish breathe through their gills sooo....

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what a waste of money