Can he heal?

[skjl47]

I understand that the op is young and is making questionable decisions. but are these comments helpful? you both have the maturity and depth of knowledge to help the op in a more meaningful way.

Hello; I considered soft pedaling my comments but chose to be blunt. The issue, to me, is the needless ongoing suffering of this fish in particular and that these situations will happen to most all fish keepers.
This is an "ole yeller" type moment. Time of the suffering being a main consideration, at least to me. That the OP was putting off the needed action because it is an unpleasant chore seemed to be the case. My choice between having the fish continue in the miserable condition it was clearly in or be blunt to the OP was for the ending of the suffering of the fish.

To put it another way "mercy" killing of suffering pets with no hope of recovery is an aspect of this hobby we each have to make a choice about no matter the age.

 

[MPWaller]

I believe he scraped on a piece of wood and got infected with some sort of flesh eating bacteria...

And I would rather last a bit longer in a little pain then have a knife in my head while I was thrashing about for 7 seconds

 

[MPWaller]

Ok, I would have put him down earlier during the week when I was about to, but the person on the phone probably didn't understand the extent of he damage

 

[MPWaller]

Krichardson, I believe that you were just giving some constructive criticism, but skjl47 Would you rather die by being stabbed in the head, or in little agony in a comfortable place. Or you could be thrown to the ground that may or may not kill you/ break all the bones in your body.

 

[skjl47]

I would rather last a bit longer in a little pain then have a knife in my head while I was thrashing about for 7 seconds

Hello; In a little pain huh? You saw the fish in person which was bound to be worse than the pictures. The pictures showed a fish in awful condition and it did not get that way in a short time. That you made the thread at all seems a pretty clear indication you knew at a basic level what the situation was. I am curious what, in your opinion, condition a fish needs to be in to have a lot of pain. Seven seconds I consider a mercy compared to days of being in the condition that fish was clearly in.

skjl47 Would you rather die by being stabbed in the head, or in little agony in a comfortable place. Or you could be thrown to the ground that may or may not kill you/ break all the bones in your body.

Hello; Since you have asked. If and when I am beyond a cure I hope for a quick merciful end. The laws likely will not allow this for humans, but we can still put animals out of misery. Sure I'll take stabbed or any thing else quick over long term suffering with no hope.

The notion that somehow a "comfortable place" makes a difference when in agony does not make sense to me.

Also you appear to try to minimize the condition of your fish by calling it a "little agony". I guess some sort of denial was working with that.

The deed needed to be done and you were stalling.

 

[MPWaller]

Dude, if I had known that he wouldn't make it I would have killed him the second he got it, but it was my first time having a disease in my fish this bad.

 

[skjl47]

Dude, if I had known that he wouldn't make it I would have killed him the second he got it, but it was my first time having a disease in my fish this bad.

Hello; Interesting. I get that you are not happy with my comments. I am a little curious what your beef actually is. I called you out on making up excuses for delaying the putting down of the fish. Is that it?

Think back, I was not the first to suggest putting the fish down. Others had come to the same conclusion before I chimed in.

Now you honestly expect me to believe the condition of the fish was not clear to you by the time the pictures were taken. I do not buy that you would have done the right thing "I would have killed him the second he got it" based on what you have posted so far. Your statements do not add up. Even after others and myself posted to put the fish down, you continued to dither and make up excuses.

Go ahead and transfer you anger toward me. I can deal with that. It is a bit irrational however. You somehow screwed up. I have done so with fish as have most of us. Learn from it. The justifications used so far such as the "seven second" thing likely will not help you in the future.

While I can continue with this back and forth there is little point to it. I have stated my views and you are free to ignore them. Your tank = your call. If you are not prepared to deal with comment you do not like do not post on an open forum.

 

[Grinch]

M MPWaller : In the past, I've held on to fish too long. With experience comes both an appreciation as to when a fish is too far gone to save and the need to act at that point rather than let the suffering continue. Tough-love aside, take this as a learning experience moving forward. The folks here are all trying to help, in their own ways, and in the end, you did the right thing in putting the fish down.

 

[MPWaller]

I understand I should have put him down earlier, and I will remember that if that happens again, but the worst thing that ever happened to my fish was swimbladder and ich

 

[Boomer1224]

Sorry for your loss