Well, tonight, after a hard week, my Fiancee and I decided to euthenize my Oscar. Now, before you go and judge me, we had to do it because he was suffering from "Hole-in-the-head" Disease, where a small parasite burrows into his head and eats away at his flesh. I spent $50 trying to save him, but it actually got worse at the beginning of the week.. It got to the point where he wouldn't eat and layed at the bottom of the tank and was covered in blisters. It was painful to watch.

Now, mind you this wasn't no "let's just flush him" fish.. he was a 10", 1.2 lb Oscar. After researching the most humane way to euthenize a fish - putting aside the not so humane "hit with club" or "leave out of tank" - the top two were intoxication and thermal shock.. so, why not both I say! They said to make a 1:5 ratio of Vodka and Water and let him swim in that and after a while he should die (most likely because the alcohol affects his gills in a negative fashion), and the thermal shock is that fish, especially oscars, are very sensitive to temperature change. So, by bringing him from his 80 degree water to an almost freezing water with ice, thermal shock should set in. So, after mixing a 1:5 ratio vodka-water and adding about 1/2 lb of ice we put him in the bucket. After 3-5 minutes, thermal shock had set in and he passed away.

Now, because he was not just any fish, a couple of friends, my fiancee, and myself brought him out to the lake and gave him a viking funeral. We put him on a boat made out of a bud light box and newspaper and lit the box and let him float out to sea (lake...). It was a very difficult night for both my fiancee and I as it is hard to lose a pet, even if it was a fish. We were very attached to him.

 

awwwww[]..i no how it feels man, we had to put my dog down about 5 years ago and i had him since i was born, very sad, my other dog got hit by a car, and i have had about 4 cats die, a couple of birds, and fish...

stay strong

 

that really sucks man, i feel really bad when my little fish die.

 

some people say "it is only a fish" but i say a pet is a pet, like when mark had the pet cricket, now i kill crickets all the time, but it was marks pet(for like 3 days) sorry about your oscar man, they are cool fish and they are huge for a captive fish IMOmaybe it is time for you and your wife to upgrade to something different... say a Bearded Dragon

 

sorry bout your oscar man... it is an oscar right??? not just his name???

 

BIG +1! Sorry to hear about your loss man, losing a pet is never fun..

 

Yeah, he was an Albino Oscar, the white/yellow/orange ones. I think I have a picture somewhere of him, but I will have to find it.

 

I had a kitten last fall named Pilgram cause I got it on Thanksgiving.Well my mother went to the kitchen to get something and she steped on it and crushed it to death.I was pissed and she cried for 2 days.It was in feb so I had a chance to get attached to the kitten.I still hold that against her.

 

Again Big +1... I just lost my cat that I had had since he was born. He died at 17. Sorry to hear about Oscar, I had one get the "hole in head" thing. Me and my girlfriend took him to the vet and spent alot of money trying to get him fixed, but she eventually had to be put down.

 

Man that sucks huge ape ***** man... Stay strong, my sisters dog died when I went to Florida to visit her... She had it since she moved into that house and it was jut born, it was just very old (about 17), she was acting very sick, weak, and just **** and pissed herself all the time... Sorry for the thread jack... lol. Stay strong homie... if i lost my weiner(weiner DOG!) i'd lose my mind. and A pet is a pet, doesn't matter what it is...