Cookie/Ebay/Barbara (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} noromdiam) wrote,@ 2006-12-25 01:00:00 |
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Well, this sucks
Tim is away for two weeks + a few days, so I'm pet-sitting his rats in the interim. Well, it's the singular "rat" as of tonight at 7:30pm. I stopped by today and his female rat, Shelby, was acting very lethargic and couldn't even bring a small cherry tomato to her mouth, all she wanted was to hide somewhere and go to sleep. After consulting Tim, I took the rat to the emergency room. 3.5 hours of waiting, two x-rays, and $200 later, the inevitable decision was to put her down because her tumors were getting so big (rats get tumors very easily) and preventing other organs from functioning properly. She wasn't going to get better no matter what we did.
It's surprising how attached I got to Shelby after two months. I really liked Shelby, she was my buddy, she used to just sit in my arms and cuddle. Before she died she was acting more active and social, and so suddenly she's gone. It's actually pretty hard coming to terms with the fact that I won't ever see her again. Sucks even more for Tim because he didn't get a chance to say goodbye.
Tim is away for two weeks + a few days, so I'm pet-sitting his rats in the interim. Well, it's the singular "rat" as of tonight at 7:30pm. I stopped by today and his female rat, Shelby, was acting very lethargic and couldn't even bring a small cherry tomato to her mouth, all she wanted was to hide somewhere and go to sleep. After consulting Tim, I took the rat to the emergency room. 3.5 hours of waiting, two x-rays, and $200 later, the inevitable decision was to put her down because her tumors were getting so big (rats get tumors very easily) and preventing other organs from functioning properly. She wasn't going to get better no matter what we did.
It's surprising how attached I got to Shelby after two months. I really liked Shelby, she was my buddy, she used to just sit in my arms and cuddle. Before she died she was acting more active and social, and so suddenly she's gone. It's actually pretty hard coming to terms with the fact that I won't ever see her again. Sucks even more for Tim because he didn't get a chance to say goodbye.
