article_snippet: A pet goldfish is recovering from an operation to remove a cancerous eye after A pet goldfish owner paid hundreds of pounds for the procedure.
article_snippet: Star A pet goldfish underwent the fiddly operation at Inglis Veterinary Hospital in Dunfermline, Fife, to remove one eye, which was cancerous and had left the fish blind.
article_snippet: Star A pet goldfish underwent the fiddly operation at Inglis Veterinary Hospital in Dunfermline, FifeInglis Veterinary Hospital in Dunfermline, FifeDunfermline, Fife, to remove one eye, which was cancerous and had left the fish blind.
article_snippet: the fiddly operation at Inglis Veterinary Hospital in Dunfermline, Fife was carried out by exotic animals expert Brigitte Lord (right), who received help from a vet to keep A pet goldfish under anaesthetic (left) and a nurse to monitor A pet goldfish heart rate .
article_snippet: The pet fish live with Abby Gordon mother Janie in Dollar, Clackmannanshire.
article_snippet: Abby Gordon said: 'I know it seems like a lot of money to spend on an operation for a goldfish but what was the alternative? '
article_snippet: my daughter would have been distraught if anything had happened to a goldfish. '
article_snippet: Abby Gordon said: 'I know it seems like a lot of money to spend on an operation for a goldfish but what was the alternative?
article_snippet: the operation on Friday was carried out by exotic animals expert Brigitte Lord, who received help from a vet to keep the goldfish under anaesthetic and a nurse to monitor the goldfish heart rate.
article_snippet: Ms Lord said: 'This is a highly specialist field, using anaesthetic on a goldfish carries a very high risk
article_snippet: The financial value of a goldfish may be quite small
article_snippet: Earlier this year, Australian veterinarian Dr Tristan Rich - head of exotics and wildlife medicine at Lort Smith Animal Hospital in Melbourne - performed micro-surgery on a goldfish called George.
article_snippet: Dr Tristan Rich - head of exotics and wildlife medicine at Lort Smith Animal Hospital in Melbourne - performed micro-surgery Melbourne on a goldfish called George to remove a large tumour on a large tumour .
article_snippet: The man, who was not been named, took the fish to a veterinary practice in North Walsham, Norfolk, after noticing the fish was struggling to eliminate waste.
article_snippet: Vet Faye Bethell, 29, was then tasked with carefully administering anaesthetic before using tiny instruments to remove a lump close to the fish's backside.
article_snippet: A pet owner took A pet owner goldfish (pictured) to a veterinary practice in North Walsham, Norfolk, in January after noticing his goldfish (pictured) was struggling to eliminate waste.
highlights_snippet: Star the goldfish underwent fiddly operation to remove cancerous right eye .
  
highlights_snippet: Gordon family, from Fife, paid vet to carry out operation to help blind fish .
  