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In her home in Wolverhampton, England, Stacey O'Shea runs the Garden Sanctuary.

There the zookeeper nurses injured or sick chickens, rabbits, pigeons, guinea pigs and dogs again.

Now she was facing a particularly difficult patient.

A desperate family brought her a sick goldfish that could no longer swim upright.

The unfortunate fish suffers from an untreatable swim bladder disorder.

He had lived upside down on the floor of his aquarium for a few days.

Stacey O'Shea, director of the Garden Sanctuary

The problem

The swim bladder is a vital organ that regulates the buoyancy of a fish in the water.

Problems with it can be caused by poor water quality, improper diet, and stress, which can then lead to impaired swimming ability.

Goldfish are said to be particularly susceptible to buoyancy disorders due to their physique.

The solution

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What a brilliant idea: O'Shea helped the handicapped goldfish by equipping him with a tailor-made life jacket.

You can see the result here:

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The zookeeper made a buoyancy aid out of plastic tubes and T-shaped connectors.

The material is actually used for air conditioning filters.

Then Stacey O'Shea weighed down the little structure with styrofoam.

Depending on the amount of styrofoam attached, the goldfish can now even explore different depths of its aquarium.

happy end

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Zookeeper Stacey O'Shea is the heroine of Wolverhampton.

With her ingenious invention she made it possible for a helpless goldfish to swim again.

The mood of the fish, as well as that of the owner family, has risen significantly since then.

But the British Stacey O'Shea was apparently not the first animal lover to build a swimming aid for a sick goldfish.

The New York Post reports several cases in Spain, the USA and South Korea.

A fish friend is said to have even made an underwater wheelchair for his cute roommate.