In todayβs adorable news, a goldfish with an incurable bladder disorder has been given itβs very own βwheelchairβ to help it swim again.
Needless to say, the internet is besotted.
The inventor of the device, Derek, works in an aquarium and was presented with the fish by a customer whose pet had a permanent bladder disorder.
The condition meant the fish was unable to hold itself upright and was often stuck to the bottom of the fish tank.
βSo I made him a wheelchair and he loves it,β Derek wrote in a message to his friend.
Derek also shared a photo of the goldfish whose βwheelchairβ is attached to a piece of styrofoam, which helps it float.
His friend Taylor Dean, a βfull-time pet momβ who vlogs about animals on YouTube, shared a screenshot of their text message conversation on Twitter and it wasnβt long before the internet had fallen in love with the tiny fish.
After her tweet went viral, Taylor shared an update to say the fish was βdoing wellβ.
Today she shared another tweet featuring a photo of the fish with an upgraded model: this time, a βmore comfortable wheelchairβ.
Derek told BuzzFeed that he made the initial βwheelchairβ using airline tubing, which he carefully wrapped around the fish.
βI added some valves to the bottom of it, which acted as a βchairβ to prop him up,β he explained.
βI added weights to the bottom of the βchairβ and something to keep him afloat on top (styrofoam), and slowly removed pieces until I achieved just the right buoyancy to make it easy for him to swim around without feeling like heβs dragging around a chair.
βThe bottom weight is almost equal to the pull on top so it works quite well for him!β