Well today we put Tourky out of his misery, or most likely put Tourky out of our misery. Tourky was a beautiful blue Beta fish that more than likely lived longer than he should have. About two months ago he developed this weird spot on his side that quickly became a horrible infection. There was really noting we could do for him and he seemed to be doing fine till about a month ago when he could not swim any more nor keep himself up right. He has been floating sideways for over a month now and every day we tap the glass to see if he was still alive or not. Well today he looked worse than usual and it's been torture for us to look at him. We thought about doing the "humane thing" weeks ago but could not bring ourselves to do it. I mean if your cat or dog was really, really sick you would take them to the vet to be put down where there was no hope, so today we gave Tourky his opportunity to swim to the Light and at least make us feel better about not watching him float and gasp for life anymore. Feel bad about helping him but I do believe that all creatures feel some kind of pain or discomfort so think it was best to help him let go.
R.I.P. Tourky.... hope you find a bigger bowl to swim around in when you get to fishy heaven.
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