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Last September 11, George, a 10-year-old goldfish, was admitted to the surgery ward of the Lort Smith Animal Hospital in Australia because he had a tumor on his head.
To operate on George, Veterinarian Tristan Rich prepared three buckets of water. One had anesthetic water, the other a maintenance dose of anesthetic and the third clean, fresh water. The first thing the veterinarian did was to leave George in the anesthetic bucket and after he fell asleep, he placed him on the gurney and inserted a tube of oxygenated fluid from the maintenance anesthetic bucket into his mouth.
After 45 minutes, when the operation was over, Dr. Rich put George in the bucket of clean water, gave him painkillers and antibiotics and after a few minutes he was swimming as if nothing had happened.
George passed the surgery successfully, having the tumor removed, to live another 10 years. Yes, in case you didn’t know, even fish require surgery.
