the happy bee
Mama Doe
My mini man had to be put to sleep this morning one week after being diagnosed with a liver tumour.
He was the first of my babies and I got him just a few weeks after moving out of my parent's and into a flat on my own.
I don't think I could have managed those first few months by myself without him and his antics to keep me company.
I still remember the day I got him. He was so small. He was put in the usual cardboard box which we then put inside a burrow basement from an old rotastak cage. It was a good thing too as he'd chewed his way out of the box before we'd even got on the bus home.
He only bit one person in his whole life and that was when a seven year old visitor stuck her finger through the bars and into his nest whilst he was sleeping which was a totally understandable reaction, I don't like being woken up either.
He made it to 27 months which was a great age, I wish he could have just gone peacefully of old age but at least he isn't in any pain anymore.
I love you Manny and will miss you so much.
This is one of my favourite pictures of him, it was taken just a month or two after I got him:
Manny
2nd September 2003 - 3rd December 2005
He was the first of my babies and I got him just a few weeks after moving out of my parent's and into a flat on my own.
I don't think I could have managed those first few months by myself without him and his antics to keep me company.
I still remember the day I got him. He was so small. He was put in the usual cardboard box which we then put inside a burrow basement from an old rotastak cage. It was a good thing too as he'd chewed his way out of the box before we'd even got on the bus home.
He only bit one person in his whole life and that was when a seven year old visitor stuck her finger through the bars and into his nest whilst he was sleeping which was a totally understandable reaction, I don't like being woken up either.
He made it to 27 months which was a great age, I wish he could have just gone peacefully of old age but at least he isn't in any pain anymore.
I love you Manny and will miss you so much.
This is one of my favourite pictures of him, it was taken just a month or two after I got him:
Manny
2nd September 2003 - 3rd December 2005