binkyCodie
Mama Doe
I hope its okay to post here since he isn’t a little bunny ? didn’t wanna clog any other chats up with my negative news.
I noticed a tumor on his stomach thursday, I had a vet appointment for monday to check it out & clip his teeth. in the mean time, he had Luna’s “special supply” to help ease any pain. I was really hoping it might buy us some more time with him.
unfortunately, it wasn’t to be. saturday my BF said he was really chewing at himself it seemed, so I grabbed him out. he split open the tumor at that point. had he not been suffering with malocclusion I think he would have made it so much worse. he did try to bite me, but it was quite blunt due to his teeth, so I guess it was a blessing in some way.
he was quite active, greeting, eating the soft foods we prepared (along with soaking some of his normal food), but he slept so much more too. the only reason we saw him out was because we had something to “offer”
I didn’t want a repeat of his brother, who was so hellbent on chewing himself he fell down the bedding and smacked into the glass. that was really distressing to see, and quite disgusting with the damage he had made. so I opted to PTS now before it got to that point, and clearly the metacam wasnt helping.
I feel..empty, it happened so fast, I don’t think I know how to process it.
its so surreal. two weeks back we were celebrating his third birthday, happy tears with lots of fruit, as that’s all I asked of him. he holds the title for oldest gerbil I’ve had. few days back we were joking about how some have a center piece for their dining table, and we have a whole gerbil tank [emoji38]
to him..just being gone. over two days really. & that all happened so fast too. I saw the open tumor, knew it was time, within the hour we had said goodbye.
idk.. I know its for the best, he can be happy with his brother now. it just all feels....so odd. I keep expecting to see his tank, or bringing him bits of porridge and fruit.
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I noticed a tumor on his stomach thursday, I had a vet appointment for monday to check it out & clip his teeth. in the mean time, he had Luna’s “special supply” to help ease any pain. I was really hoping it might buy us some more time with him.
unfortunately, it wasn’t to be. saturday my BF said he was really chewing at himself it seemed, so I grabbed him out. he split open the tumor at that point. had he not been suffering with malocclusion I think he would have made it so much worse. he did try to bite me, but it was quite blunt due to his teeth, so I guess it was a blessing in some way.
he was quite active, greeting, eating the soft foods we prepared (along with soaking some of his normal food), but he slept so much more too. the only reason we saw him out was because we had something to “offer”
I didn’t want a repeat of his brother, who was so hellbent on chewing himself he fell down the bedding and smacked into the glass. that was really distressing to see, and quite disgusting with the damage he had made. so I opted to PTS now before it got to that point, and clearly the metacam wasnt helping.
I feel..empty, it happened so fast, I don’t think I know how to process it.
its so surreal. two weeks back we were celebrating his third birthday, happy tears with lots of fruit, as that’s all I asked of him. he holds the title for oldest gerbil I’ve had. few days back we were joking about how some have a center piece for their dining table, and we have a whole gerbil tank [emoji38]
to him..just being gone. over two days really. & that all happened so fast too. I saw the open tumor, knew it was time, within the hour we had said goodbye.
idk.. I know its for the best, he can be happy with his brother now. it just all feels....so odd. I keep expecting to see his tank, or bringing him bits of porridge and fruit.
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