Something bad happened earlier I was cleaning out Goldy's little bowl. When I was trying to put him into the same temperature water he slipped out of my hand and straight down the basin waste. I quickly unscrewed the bend and thank god he was there. I put him in the bowl but he wasn't moving. Anyway to cut a long story short I ended up wedging him in the little house and we have told Jeffery that he is just asleep. It was around 2 hours ago and Goldy still hasnt moved. He must be dead but we will wait till morning I suppose to make sure. I don't even know the French word for aquarium and I certainly havent seen one out here. We won him from a circus around 5 months ago. If he is still there in the morning should I get rid of Goldy and tell Jeffery he escaped?
I would not say he has escaped as he will spend a lot of time looking for him. Tell him the truth that he has died. Explain he wasn't well. Also say you will get him another fish.
shoota really there is a LeClerk around 10 minutes away but we have never been in! They really sell fish? OK well in that case I can go look in the morning thanks
Agree at 4 he should accept better than if a bit older. Just tell him the truth. If you'd posted this in CB I'd have suggested saying 'Goldy sleeps with the fishes'
We are not religious and it would be nice to be really truthful and properly say good bye. However we are still in a hotel so we cant exactly bury him we would have to hold hands around the toilet while we flush him down. It doesn't sound right though.
Should we get rid of the fish first then tell the kids?
children often take death better than adults -when our rescue cat had two malformed but alive kittens we knew we would have to have them put down -my son then 5 took a great interest in their death (sounds bizarre but true) he took great care in organizing a funeral and the kittens were placed in a box side by side with a toy. Tell him the truth then bury the fish (don't flush it that may give the wrong impression) ;-)
When my grandson's fish died we removed the fish before he noticed and told him Fred had gone on holiday. A couple of days later we bought a new fish and said Fred had come back. We have done this twice now and he has never noticed the difference. My grandson is 4
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