Goldfish euthanasia - help!

I had a large Discus fish to pts and did a bit of googling and went onto fish forums. Generally they said kindest is anaesthetic in water, but otherwise a sharp blow to the head. All the experts agreed oil of cloves, vodka, freezing, flushing down loo are all cruel. Eventually OH did it with a hammer. Most people I spoke to thought the whole thing was hilarious.
RIP Henrietta.
 
Have read this thread with great interest as I have a smaller goldfish - about 3" - who has had swim bladder for some time now, and nothing has worked to cure it. I hate seeing it flop around, swim upside-down in circles etc, so was wondering how to kindly euthanase(sp) it.
 
OMG this post is so upsetting yet so funny if you know what I mean. I have tears in my eys from laughing yet want to cry cos of his suffering.

I like the car idea the best, You cant actually see what you are doing then.....
Ah bless him R.I.P poor little fishy
 
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did you know that chopped up earthworms are good for swimbladder.

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Also de-shelled peas (chopped up for smaller fish) and Epsom salts - sprinkle a few grains inside a pea for maximum effectiveness.

Sudden-onset swimbladder problems are either due to constipation that presses against the bladder, limiting it's effectiveness (very common especially in fancies), an infection that causes fluid retention or swelling in the abdomen (reasonably common in poor water conditions/new tank syndrome) or sudden traumatic injury to the swimbladder which may even pop it (unusual and requires surgery).

Some fish, especially fancy goldfish, are so compacted that they are always a bit 'floaty', and there's not a lot that can be done about that except to not breed from them.

If peas don't cure it, most vets can administer an antibiotic injection to counter any infection. Infection and fluid retention will usually show as 'pineconing' of the scales and requires urgent antibiotics.

To those who find it funny, you will laugh even harder when you hear that I've taken fish to a local vet who specialises in them, and paid out for expensive treatment for a goldfish, including surgery.
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I hate to say this but strangely enough this is the most interesting post that has been on here for ages
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Sorry does that sound sick?

Seriously though, I think it's very sweet that you want end your little fishy's life in the most humane way possible though, I no useful suggestions though.

I think if I was a fish though
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I'd think if you chopped my head off with a bit knife, that would be pretty quick and pain free....if that helps
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What ever you do, hope it goes well.
 
Thanks everyone. Re cats and goldfish dying out of water) my wretchedly ungrateful rescue moggy hooked £100 worth of Koi out of the pond last summer. Once they stop being able to dart about in a cat-lust-inducing way, the cat loses interest. Or mine did. God knows how long the poor Koi was laying on the patio but it looked dead. It was bone dry so obviously had been out of the water for some time. But I grabbed it and rushed it into the kitchen where, unbelievably, it recovered.

If I tried to slice poor fishy's head off I just know me and him will both end up in A&E (again). He's far too big to flush down the loo, not that I would anyway coz I think that's a cop out! The link that Zalacca put up is really helpful but I didn't know the vet could pop some anaesthetic in Fishy's water. Will ring the vet tomorrow and it's either that or Alka Seltzer.

Will post outcome and I expect ALL Forum members to be ready with a black arm band!
 
Al my large fish are disposed of in the same way. Net out, hold over sink in teat-towel, extremely sharp knife just behind head and cut through spinal cord. Job done, smaller fish (under 3-4 inches) put in a bag and smack on something hard (ie wall) a few times (if you do it hard enough you only need to do it once) soundsharsh but better than boiling/freezing it to death.
 
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