one of the family
Mama Doe
I have been putting this off all evening, I'm frightened I'll rant.
Remember the 7 buns that were rescued from a 'rescue', one bun then went on to have 7 babies and another bun had a stillborn baby. Well today we lost one of those special buns.
Crystal was the little girl bun who was in a pen with another female and a male. She was clearly underweight and very nervous but settled in here with her 'sister' the other girl bun in the pen. Five weeks ago Crystal's sister Angel started nesting so Crystal and Angel were separated. Angel had 7 babies. Later that day Crystal started nesting too but then stopped. 5 days later she appeared in pain and on examination the vet told us she too was pregnant. The babies could not be picked up on x-ray as their bones were not calcified and it also showed that Crystal's bones were poor too. There was a fetal heartbeat however so we waited in hope. Two days later a stillborn baby arrived, s/he was deformed with one paw missing (not chewed, missing). Crystal had gone through all that for nothing.
Today I noticed Crystal hadn't eaten much of her food and looked in pain. I immediately rang the vets to say we were on our way and got a carry box ready as I was on my own and couldn't hold her and drive. My husband came home and within minutes as I carried her to the carrier she started mouth breathing - I knew it was too late so I took her in to the bedroom and led her down on the bed and smoothed and reassured her as she slipped away - all over in a couple of minutes.
We have only had the buns since the middle of December. Every day I have picked this little bun up, told her I love her, that she's safe and that I would look after her forever. Forever wasn't long in her case. A sad little life where she has been let down by humans and still had the grace to show me love and gratitude. The first time I picked her up in that hell hole of a rescue, she pushed her head under my chin and leaned in to me. I was determined to rescue her and I am glad we did.
I've got a very heavy heart tonight and I'm worried about the other buns as we await the outcome of the post mortem. I hope I did all I could have done and that I hadn't missed something.
I love you Crystal bun and I will forever.
Remember the 7 buns that were rescued from a 'rescue', one bun then went on to have 7 babies and another bun had a stillborn baby. Well today we lost one of those special buns.
Crystal was the little girl bun who was in a pen with another female and a male. She was clearly underweight and very nervous but settled in here with her 'sister' the other girl bun in the pen. Five weeks ago Crystal's sister Angel started nesting so Crystal and Angel were separated. Angel had 7 babies. Later that day Crystal started nesting too but then stopped. 5 days later she appeared in pain and on examination the vet told us she too was pregnant. The babies could not be picked up on x-ray as their bones were not calcified and it also showed that Crystal's bones were poor too. There was a fetal heartbeat however so we waited in hope. Two days later a stillborn baby arrived, s/he was deformed with one paw missing (not chewed, missing). Crystal had gone through all that for nothing.
Today I noticed Crystal hadn't eaten much of her food and looked in pain. I immediately rang the vets to say we were on our way and got a carry box ready as I was on my own and couldn't hold her and drive. My husband came home and within minutes as I carried her to the carrier she started mouth breathing - I knew it was too late so I took her in to the bedroom and led her down on the bed and smoothed and reassured her as she slipped away - all over in a couple of minutes.
We have only had the buns since the middle of December. Every day I have picked this little bun up, told her I love her, that she's safe and that I would look after her forever. Forever wasn't long in her case. A sad little life where she has been let down by humans and still had the grace to show me love and gratitude. The first time I picked her up in that hell hole of a rescue, she pushed her head under my chin and leaned in to me. I was determined to rescue her and I am glad we did.
I've got a very heavy heart tonight and I'm worried about the other buns as we await the outcome of the post mortem. I hope I did all I could have done and that I hadn't missed something.
I love you Crystal bun and I will forever.
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