Guest guest Posted September 2, 2000 Report Share Posted September 2, 2000 Thank you Debbie, I will never forget you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest guest Posted September 21, 2001 Report Share Posted September 21, 2001 Not a sad farewell to you lot, been here too long to drag myself away yet tho I may be somewhat more time restricted from next week as the university term starts. No, its a sad farewell to our two much loved rats, sausage and chip (as in english chippie chip and not the crisps that americans called chips!). Sausage was always a very fat rat and has a thick brown stripe down his back, Chip was smaller, the runt of the litter but grew bigger over time, he has spots on his back. Over the holidays sausage got thinner and thinner and was eventually diagnosed with a chest infection and lung tumour but the vet gave him some steroids to reduce the symptoms and to keep him alive until Ben and Naomi got back from Hong Kong. I have a reputation for killing their small rodent pets while they are abroad each summer! Sausage got better for a bit but is now very very thin and desperately poorly, and this last two days chip has been showing symptoms of similar lung problems. The vet took one look and said they've got to go, she can't do any more for them so I am taking them in for a wiff of gas tomorrow. Couldn't bring myself to do it while the kids were at school. I am not sure how tim will take this, he is very matter of fact tonight but then he doesn't understand dead, the other two do and are alright with it becoz the two ratties are so poorly. So we will have a funeral tomorrow and bury them somewhere that the dog can't dig them up again!! I just hate this aspect of pet care, I am wishing them to die in their sleep tonight. sue wong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 21, 2001 Report Share Posted September 21, 2001 Not a sad farewell to you lot, been here too long to drag myself away yet tho I may be somewhat more time restricted from next week as the university term starts. No, its a sad farewell to our two much loved rats, sausage and chip (as in english chippie chip and not the crisps that americans called chips!). Sausage was always a very fat rat and has a thick brown stripe down his back, Chip was smaller, the runt of the litter but grew bigger over time, he has spots on his back. Over the holidays sausage got thinner and thinner and was eventually diagnosed with a chest infection and lung tumour but the vet gave him some steroids to reduce the symptoms and to keep him alive until Ben and Naomi got back from Hong Kong. I have a reputation for killing their small rodent pets while they are abroad each summer! Sausage got better for a bit but is now very very thin and desperately poorly, and this last two days chip has been showing symptoms of similar lung problems. The vet took one look and said they've got to go, she can't do any more for them so I am taking them in for a wiff of gas tomorrow. Couldn't bring myself to do it while the kids were at school. I am not sure how tim will take this, he is very matter of fact tonight but then he doesn't understand dead, the other two do and are alright with it becoz the two ratties are so poorly. So we will have a funeral tomorrow and bury them somewhere that the dog can't dig them up again!! I just hate this aspect of pet care, I am wishing them to die in their sleep tonight. sue wong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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