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Monday, February 20, 2012

healthy butt?

Every day.  Every day for nearly six months.  Every.  Single  (okay, maybe not EVERY day, but for the purposes of this story, let's just go with that).  Day.

I have fed peas to our goldfish every day since discovering that it was a remedy for floating-upside-down disease.  It's actually a swim bladder problem that is common in fancy goldfish.  They turn into beachballs with fins.  Surely you all recall our discovery of it.

If not, allow me to summarize.  Our goldfish Lilly began having buoyancy issues and couldn't remain upright.  She was usually found, tired of fighting it and floating upside down.  Still breathing, still "swimming", still eating.

I figured she was one for the toilet, but Wolfgang learned of this common problem and the pea remedy.  And so the pea feeding began.  A good pea snack each afternoon would keep her somewhat upright and able to dive deeper than a couple of inches, as long as it was administered daily.  So Every.  Single.... yeah okay.

Until last week anyway.  I noticed that she was no longer bobbing around the water line.  She was swimming around right-side-up and looking like a normal fish.  And that's just not normal! 

Why the sudden change?!  I held back the peas, and still, she swims.  Like a normal freaking fish!  It's just not right to be normal. Not in this house.  All of our residents pets have issues! 


I studied her closely.  Not only does she no longer swim upside down, she's lost her booty!  Her characteristic fancy goldfish booty!

I tried to get a pic to highlight the contrast.  That's the newly svelte Lilly in the center with a more bootylicious tankmate shown on the right.

It's like she went out and got a lipo or something. 


So this worrisome.  She looks happy, yet....

I like big butts and I cannot lie.
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14 comments:

Jenn and Casey said...

LOL. I love the end of this post, thanks for the laugh out loud moment! :)

Shawnte said...

Hehehehe xD! I didn't goldfish could have big butts! I see what you mean about the normal thing. My pets are not normal either and I'd be scratching my head if they started acting normal all of a sudden too.

My youngest cat (Jake) barks like a dog xD.

ShadowRun300 said...

There always has to be ONE resident in the house that rebels. How dare she go against the normal abnormality! I'd say threaten her with the toilet water. Maybe then she'll shape up...

agg79 said...

Ever stopped to consider that someone might have snuck in a replacement fish? I remember Lilly's delicate "condition". I was even more impressed with Wolfgang's pea solution.

Scott said...

A pea! Makes sense, really. My maternal grandparents used to feed corn kernels to fish in their lake--and they thrived very well.

Rock Chef said...

Maybe the swimming upside down was a gold fish exercise to shrink the behind?

Abby said...

Anytime, Jenn. I'm here all week.

Abby said...

Have you considered that Jake is actually a dog that looks like a cat?

Abby said...

That's a thought! Or maybe she'll just remain the black sheep.

Abby said...

YES! I did consider it - it's all so "Stepford Wives"!

Abby said...

SCOTT! How great to hear from you, I wondered where you went (and still do). Veggies are wonderful things, for everybody!

Abby said...

Hmm...yes, the most likely explanation! Like those people I see out walking backwards.

terri said...

You're gonna be famous! Your Lilly has just created the first fitness program for Goldfish! I just hope she doesn't let it go to her head! ;-)

Abby said...

Oh no, that's all we need - Biggest Loser diva!