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Help!! ds1 goldfish dead, he's upset... i'm squeamish

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champs · 02/09/2004 17:08

ds1 is crying. we were looking for it cos the other fish is swimming all fast and weird like. dh at work, wont be back till 12:30/1am cant leave it in their as other fish is obv distressed and has eaten it's fin dead one grew quite big and i cant bear to take it out...... help

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Galaxy · 02/09/2004 17:10

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champs · 02/09/2004 17:15

ty!! I am shaking.... big girls blouse that i am... think i'll have to just get the dead one cos it is at top and will have to move it to get to live one, was cool wiv these stuff wen i was younger!! we had goldfish and tropical fish. we even had a nursery in the tropical one, dead fish propped up all the time, I just got rid.... now tho...

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Galaxy · 02/09/2004 17:16

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Lonelymum · 02/09/2004 17:18

I wouldn't like to pop it in the loo in case it didn't flush away. Use the sieve and pop it in a big wadge of newspaper and put that in the bin. Horrid job, but think of it this way: ds1 is learning about life. I don't mean that horribly. Children need experiences of all kinds, good and bad, to understand about life.

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champs · 02/09/2004 17:24

galaxy--- I cant leave it, we have to go out soon and other fish may die too.
lm---- your not horible, you are perfectly right. it is a good experience, he is aware of death and such and has had family members pass away and has understanding. he is just so sad

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champs · 02/09/2004 17:25

galaxy--- that sounded abit snappish wen i read it back, pls dont take it that way, i am a mess... thought i was made of tougher stuff than that

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champs · 02/09/2004 17:28

arrrrggg it floated to the front.. it floated to the front, my blood is all swishy..... the other fish keeps going to it and is now trying to move it....

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Galaxy · 02/09/2004 17:29

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StickyNote · 02/09/2004 17:31

Sieve, newspaper, quick burst of "All things bright and beautiful", hole in garden, little stick cross. Done, dusted, all over...be brave.

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champs · 02/09/2004 17:34

ok am gonna do it......

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champs · 02/09/2004 17:41

did it!!! omgosh, it's eye was stairng and it was hard, got stuck in the net... no newspaper so i had to just use kitchen towel, flushed whole lot don loo, ds1 is very sad, he is upstairs now, i think in loo

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Lonelymum · 02/09/2004 18:07

So sorry for your ds. I must admit, I baulk at getting pets because I can't bear to think of them dying and my children being inconsolable. How old is he? You will have to think of a nice treat for him to make him feel happier. Well done for doing the deed!

doziduck · 02/09/2004 19:07

I sympathise. We got up one morning and there was ds goldfish dead as a doornail on the floor. Must have jumped out of the bowl!
Well, i don't mind fish but once they are dead..oh god NO. Don't do dead fish at all
lots of crying from ds and me nearly joining in i managed to move it.
The next fish died aswell but being a wuss, didn't want the upset again and bought lookalikey.

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champs · 02/09/2004 19:22

lm-- he is 6, he is still abit sad but is playing his console(dont want to advertise) so i think he's gettin better.

dozi-- sounds like it was a very active fish!!
I was gonna do the swapping thing when i thought about them dying, unfortunetly ds was right there when i found it and i started going "Oh gosh,Oh gosh"..not too smooth.

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