Thursday, Mar 28, 2024 | Last Update : 10:52 PM IST

  Pet goldfish gets new lease of life after vet removes tumour

Pet goldfish gets new lease of life after vet removes tumour

| NEHA LM TRIPATHI
Published : Oct 15, 2016, 1:34 am IST
Updated : Oct 15, 2016, 1:34 am IST

A rare operation was conducted on a goldfish on Thursday afternoon at a veterinary hospital in Santa Cruz, where it had a tumour removed.

The goldfish had a 1.5-cm tumour on its tail fin
 The goldfish had a 1.5-cm tumour on its tail fin

A rare operation was conducted on a goldfish on Thursday afternoon at a veterinary hospital in Santa Cruz, where it had a tumour removed.

Ms Khushboo Chandela, a Kharghar resident who owns the goldfish, noticed a 1.5-cm-long tumour in the four-year-old goldfish’s tail fin a month ago. She got it treated but the tumour grew again.

Dr Dinesh Vinherker, who operated on the fish said the 45-minute surgery was complicated. “We used a haemostats agent in order to ensure that the fish did not undergo any bleeding while the operation was in progress.”

Ms Chandela, on her part, said, “The fish is doing fine now.” Earlier remain sedentary at the bottom of the aquarium but now it is swimming.