Clearly not everyone feels there are plenty more fish in the sea... one pet owner is so hooked on his that he paid out £300 to save it.
The man, who has not been named, noticed his goldfish was in some discomfort so – fearing it was constipated – took it the vet’s.
He had hoped that a simple procedure would soon have his £3 tiddler back happily swimming in his tank.
But the company boss was in for a shock when he was told he’d have to splash out £300 for delicate surgery to remove two lumps.
At first he turned down the treatment and left his fish to its fate - but had a change of mind ten minutes later and went back to give the go-ahead.
Vet Faye Bethell, 29, of the Toll Barn Veterinary Centre was then tasked with carefully administering anaesthetic before using tiny instruments to remove a lump close to the fish’s anus.
A second lump was removed from his dorsal fin before the pet was returned to water and handed back to his grateful owner. Story from themirror.co.uk
