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In article <C1HEGy.4Ar@cs.dal.ca> sherwood@ug.cs.dal.ca (Alison R. Sherwood) writes:
>Please help - I received no response to a previous plea for assistance
>regarding a sick goldfish. Well, the disease has progressed to the 
>stage where it is obvious I must put him out of his misery. He has no
>tail, is missing one eye, is covered in fungus, etc. What is the most
>humane way to do away with him?


This is another question that should be in the FAQ, if it isn't.

I have heard of several methods.  MOst are probably relatively painless
to the fish and I guess it depends on your personal preference.

1)  Put fish in cup of water and put in freezer.
2)  Put fish in glass of seltzer water and then in freezer.
3)  Chop off fish's head with knife (only painless if you don't miss)
4)  Put fish down garbage disposal (personally I don't agree with
    this one.  I imagine a fish would get hacked quite a few times
    before dying this way, but it has been suggested in the past).


Also, consider that if you have not treated your fish to this pont
that you might still save him with agressive antifungal therapy.
I don't, of course, know how bad he/she is, but just because some
external damage looks bad doesn't mean that it is that bad if you
treat him.  OOTH, if the fish is just wallowing about in obvious
pain, then you are probably right in euthanizing it.  I only bring
this up because I have a yellow tang that lost an eye ("one-eyed Jack")
that I rescued from the hangman's noose from a local pet store, and
he is one of my favorites!

Good luck, whatever your do.

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