Post by furbabymummy on Jan 31, 2012 0:45:58 GMT
I really should have put this on ages ago, but for some strange reason, I never got round to it.
My beloved gerbil boy, Ash, sadly died in October 2011. I noticed something was wrong a few months previous as he began to get thinner and thinner, and he was off his food, but then as I was getting really worried, he started eating fine again and put on a little of the weight back on.
A few nights before he actually passed away, I noticed he was becoming more and more lethargic and not eating again, so contacted the vet who said to come in on the Wednesday night to get him checked over (this was on a Sunday). But on the Tuesday night, he went rapidly downhill with symptoms of a stroke. I knew he wouldn't be alive the next morning, so I took him into the living room, and Mum allowed me to watch a film with him on my lap (normally she wouldn't do this). He was trying to fight going to sleep, although I knew it would be the best thing to do, and at the very end of the film, curled up and fell asleep for the last time in my arms.
He's now sleeping right next to his darling brother, Blaize and was very lucky to have met his cousins, Alice, Bella and Esme before he went.
Anyway, going now before I do start tearing up again. I miss the little guy!
Mweekie!
My beloved gerbil boy, Ash, sadly died in October 2011. I noticed something was wrong a few months previous as he began to get thinner and thinner, and he was off his food, but then as I was getting really worried, he started eating fine again and put on a little of the weight back on.
A few nights before he actually passed away, I noticed he was becoming more and more lethargic and not eating again, so contacted the vet who said to come in on the Wednesday night to get him checked over (this was on a Sunday). But on the Tuesday night, he went rapidly downhill with symptoms of a stroke. I knew he wouldn't be alive the next morning, so I took him into the living room, and Mum allowed me to watch a film with him on my lap (normally she wouldn't do this). He was trying to fight going to sleep, although I knew it would be the best thing to do, and at the very end of the film, curled up and fell asleep for the last time in my arms.
He's now sleeping right next to his darling brother, Blaize and was very lucky to have met his cousins, Alice, Bella and Esme before he went.
Anyway, going now before I do start tearing up again. I miss the little guy!
Mweekie!
