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RondackHiker
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Knarla
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She just screamed while pooping. Twice. Like, a lot. And there was blood.
Fuck.
I've a conference call from 11-12, but we may be going in this afternoon.
Not may. Will. Can you all just send magic "get better" jingles so that the vet thinks I'm fucking nuts for bringing in a perfectly healthy hedgehog?
Fuck.
I've a conference call from 11-12, but we may be going in this afternoon.
Not may. Will. Can you all just send magic "get better" jingles so that the vet thinks I'm fucking nuts for bringing in a perfectly healthy hedgehog?
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Re: Knarla
I can't justify putting a nervous senior animal through a lot of treatment. I just can't. It wouldn't be fair to her.
My poor baby. This isn't fair.
We're going to be away for a week in two weeks and I don't want to risk her crashing then. I don't want to risk her HURTING till then.
She's hurting now. She tried to bite when I picked her up after the seizure and she's screaming when she poops. She's an older girl and deserves better.
Unless the vet has some miracle pill, this is going to be it.
Give me words. I have none right now.
At this point, depending on how sensitive a child LO is, I would just tell him as simply and kindly as possible that Knarla is in pain and you don't want her to hurt anymore.
DD1 took the news of my mother's death very well. I told her that she was very sick and died and went to heaven. She wanted to know when mama was coming back and I told her she wasn't, but that mama loved her very much and would always watch over her. She accepted it and that was that.
I'm sure a pet is a little more upsetting to a child because of proximity and attachment, but honest and simple was best for DD1.
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He seemed to do really well at first. I told him she was very sick so we had to hurry her to the doctor and that the doctor might not be able to make her better. Then I said that animal doctors had a special way to help when they can't make an animal better, so that Knarla could go to heaven and stop hurting.
At the vet he cuddled and played with her like always and said goodbye and that he loved her. He told the vet all about her. He wanted to take photos so we did, I attached some.
The vet looked her over and said with hedgies they really need anesthesia to do major testing (you can't draw blood on a ball of quills). She had a strong murmur and she was old, so I decided I was confident it was time.
After I told him she was dead and wouldn't come back. He wanted to hold the box she was in and pet it on the drive home. Halfway he asked when she'd get better from dead so they could play and I said she wouldn't. I don't think he got it till then.
Then he started sobbing and saying he had lots of tears. He asked to call daddy and his grandmas to tell them.
He's okayish. He's asked a few times about her. I'm feeling numb. I think I'm coming off the adrenaline rush from the seizures (she ended up having three).
First we had eachother.5.27.11
Then we had you.6.16.12
Now we have everything.
I think you said the right thing to DS. I hope you two can cuddle up and feel better.
Big hugs