A Dundee woman has become an internet sensation after publishing text messages detailing a drunken prank which killed her brother’s pet.
Taylor Hagan, 20, shared text messages between her and her mum online which revealed details of an incident involving Dairylea cheese and her brother’s goldfish.
The messages show that the 20-year-old fed her brother’s fish a piece of cheese after coming home from a night out.
She was later contacted by her furious mother informing her that the fish had subsequently died.
In a post titled, “I’m a really bad person”, Taylor then shared screen shots of the conversation online, where it has now been shared more than 1,100 times and gained more than 8,000 likes.
The messages were also posted by Facebook page, the Lad Bible, leading to Taylor receiving heavy criticism from disgusted Facebook users.
During the heated exchanges Taylor’s mum informed her daughter that her brother, Jamie, had woken to find his fish dead.
She said: “Your brother now has one dead fish, things like this just aren’t funny, Taylor. You can’t be giving a fish cheese.
“I’m glad you’re finding this funny because no-one else is.”
Responding to the message, Taylor told her mum: “Jamie was awake and said they needed fed. I was eating a Dairylea slice so thought I would share.”
She then asks her baffled parent: “Are we having a fish funeral?”
After promising to buy her sibling a replacement fish the 20-year-old finishes by joking that she would only feed fish cheddar cheese in the future.
After her post went viral Taylor tweeted that she was now going to take the post down due to the volume of responses she was receiving.
Speaking after their conversation went viral, Taylor’s mum, who asked not to be named, said: “We didn’t expect this reaction.
“It was just a bit of cheese that Taylor gave to the fish and I’m not sure if the fish choked, but I think it was on its way out anyway.”
Taylor’s prank has received a mixed response online, with some calling it “banter” and others branding her a “disgrace” and “immature.”
In response to the incident, Scottish SPCA Chief Superintendent Mike Flynn said: “We are not aware of the specific details of this situation.
“Fish should only ever be fed food which they are able to digest and is healthy for them. Ideally always by the person responsible for their care.”