Okay so I know they arent rabbits, but animal people actually understand why I’d be upset over this, whereas everyone around me at the moment has no clue why I’m so gutted …
yesterday my bearded dragon Puff was put to sleep, my mom and brother made the decision to put him out of his suffering, and sadly for me I missed the chance to say goodbye(not that he’d really care if I was there or not !
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He was bought by my brother so was technically his pet, but for the last 6-7 years I’ve been the person who spent time caring for him and engaging with him and had grown deeply fond of his bizarre little self.
This morning I got a call from my mom telling me that both my hedgehogs at home were unwell. One of them does not look like she’ll make it through the night, and if she does, my mam will be calling me to get my blessing to bring her to the vet in the morning to put to sleep too.
Im furious with myself for not listening to me gut and going home to be with her(as good as my mom is to her, she simple does not know her to the same degree as I do, and I know I will regret not being there to do everything to make her last few hours here more comfortable)
I have a 50% essay due for Friday and have been refused extenuating circumstances (I had hoped that I could go home tonight to care for her)
To say that Im devastated is an understatement. I had organised to go home Saturday as she did not seem that unwell this morning and it looked like she’d make a full recovery, but by tonight she’s barely responsive and has been moved into an incubation box for the night.
So I will have lost two of my darlings in the one week and never gotten to say goodbye to either of them.(It doesnt help that I lost my granda three weeks ago)
And the other hedgehogs prospects are not fantastic either.
My welcome home committee of furry little faces has become seriously depleted!!