When our fishies die

[Lynz781]

ooooops

 

[Lynz781]

Any fish I've lost were buried in my potted houseplants.

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Does it smell bad?

 

[Soaup]

Usually the small fish get flushed down the toilet, In the winter when its too cold to dig the dirt i bring the fish ive been attached too some of the larger ones down to the beach (i live on an island) and i float them away they will become someone else food or whatever but they are fish and should be in the water, during the summer they join my previous loses in the backyard.

 

[glolite]

I NEVER flush my dead fish. Not because they may have disease but purely from respect. How would YOU like to be flushed down a loo? I put dead fish in loo paper and then in a plastic bag and into the garbage. Would prefer to bury them but too many cats around to dig them up.

 

[mellowserra]

Any fish I've lost were buried in my potted houseplants.

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Does it smell bad?

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... No, never. It has only been two small fishes so far, but my ex buried a 5in red bellied pirhana in a large flower pot a number of years ago, and it didn't stink either. If memory serves me correctly, it may have been winter, reasoning for such.

The fish are seemingly good nutrition for plants, native peoples to the Americas even planted a dead fish when sowing maize to ensure strong, healthy crops.

 

[AngelMax]

I have just lost 3 fish within 36 hours of eachother & I buried them below this gorgeous Fushia tree in my back garden. Then I scattered floers from the tree on their little graves.

Its so hard to say goodbye to your little buddies...i just couldn't flush or bin.
I feel burying them gives you closure.

 

[Lynz781]

I NEVER flush my dead fish. Not because they may have disease but purely from respect. How would YOU like to be flushed down a loo? I put dead fish in loo paper and then in a plastic bag and into the garbage. Would prefer to bury them but too many cats around to dig them up.

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Jeeso, I prefer just to give my plants tender loving care. Wouldn't want to come across a rotting fish carcass when repotting

 

[moeldner]

I selected other:

My tetras, when they died, were fed to my gf mum's turtle. (they died within a week of me getting them home )

Anything larger, goes in the garden.

 

[Karah's_Mommy]

I bury mine in my outside planters. I also believe it's rather tacky to flush them or put them in the trash, they weren't and aren't trash.

 

[vanvran]

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I agree. I could never just flush or dump them in the trash--they were our little living pets. We wouldn't flush or trash a cat/dog/bird, but do it probably because they are so small. They are tiny and their little carcasses will eventually turn to ash, so they rest in my plants' soil. It's sad to see that the largest percentage of fishowners do flush/trash their fishies.

 

[Isis_Nebthet]

I feed them to my dogs unless they had medication in the water. If there were meds I flush the small ones and bury the big ones.

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No offence, but that doesn’t sound like such a great idea. Fish can transfer diseases to humans and other animals just through the water they are swimming in, feeding a fish that may have died of an undiagnosed disease seems a little risky as far as your dogs health and well being is concerned

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I don't think that the dogs are going to sick from columnaris, ich, or fungus... By saying if there were no meds I mean those first few before I get the medicine they need.

I'm more worried about the dead things they find on their own I usually get those types of things away dry heaving all along....I don't have trash pick up where I live so I have to bury that stuff under a pile of rocks too.

There is a salmon fluke that can cause some problems in dogs but I don't feed my pups salmon.

The possible issues (tahnks to a very special vet on another forum):

"If it is due to a severe bacterial infection, potentially some of those bacteria may survive the dog's stomach acids and cause infection in the dog if ingested. If the gums are irritated in the least , the bacteria from the fish/pond water may enter the blood stream and again result in a sick dog. There may be vomiting and or diarrhea or high fever and very serious sickness should an infection get into the bloodstream."

"Campylobacter will cause severe diarrhea, sometimes it is an intermittant diarrhea. It is potentially lethal to anyone, including humans especially if they are immune suppressed. "

"If the fish has been dead for a few hours it may grow the botulism bacterium within the body"

The last risk is bones getting caught in the dog. To me these things seem like they can happen just with the dogs drinking tank water (other than the bones)..mine all drink from the tanks.

 

[Walt]

SWOOOOOOSH!!

Down the toilet they go! B)

Course that hasnt happened too often, thank goodness..