{"id":178794,"date":"2021-02-15T20:03:46","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T17:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/disabled-fish-gets-special-life-jacket-made-to-help-him-swim\/"},"modified":"2021-02-15T20:03:46","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T17:03:46","slug":"disabled-fish-gets-special-life-jacket-made-to-help-him-swim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/disabled-fish-gets-special-life-jacket-made-to-help-him-swim\/","title":{"rendered":"#Disabled fish gets special life jacket made to help him swim"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Disabled fish gets special life jacket made to help him swim<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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What a lifesaver.<\/p>\n

An inventive UK woman made waves online \u2014 and in a fish tank \u2014 after outfitting a disabled goldfish with a customized life jacket so it wouldn\u2019t sink. The fish\u2019s fun-sized flotation device can be seen in a viral video from the Garden Sanctuary in Wolverhampton.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe had been living on the bottom of his tank upside down for sometime,\u201d Stacey O\u2019Shea, who runs the pet sanctuary from her home northeast of Birmingham, told Caters News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The unfortunate fishy had suffered from an untreatable swim bladder disorder that left him sitting upside down at the bottom of the tank, she said.<\/p>\n

Determined not to let their pet perish belly up, the desperate owners sought help from O\u2019Shea. <\/p>\n

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Stacey O\u2019Shea helped a disabled goldfish by outfitting it with a customized life jacket so it wouldn\u2019t sink.<\/figcaption>
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The pet caretaker managed to MacGyver a fin-tertube from tiny plastic tubing and T junctions normally used for air conditioning filters. She then weighed down the device with polystyrene so the scaly swimmer wouldn\u2019t float to the surface \u2014 like ballast tanks on a submarine. <\/p>\n

Periodically adjusting the amount of polystyrene helped the goldfish swim to different levels in the tank, allowing him to see more of his home. <\/p>\n

In creating the aquatic walker, O\u2019Shea lifted both the fish and the family\u2019s spirits.<\/p>\n

A fish\u2019s swim bladder is an organ containing oxygen that is vital to maintaining a fish\u2019s buoyancy in water. Bad water quality, diet issues and stress can cause problems with a fish\u2019s swim bladder, resulting in buoyancy changes,\u00a0PetMD writes<\/a>. In some cases, the problem arises when fluid has gotten into the swim bladder. Goldfish are particularly vulnerable to buoyancy disorders due to their round bodies and curved spines.<\/p>\n

O\u2019Shea isn\u2019t the first fish lover to improvise a flotation device for a goldfish in need. A Massachusetts man created a similarly tubular life jacket for his buoyancy-challenged 5-year-old pet. In San Antonio, an aquarium employee was also able to rescue a disabled goldfish by\u00a0building it a water wheelchair.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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