Oh, no, D_A, i'm just reading up on this topic, i feel so awful for you
. it must've been so hard for you to make the descision,
i hope you don't take to heart what DazedAConfused said,the most important thing to remember is
that you did the right thing. If you need ANYTHING you can contact me through PM to get my E-mail or just to simply talk to me through PM. i know how heartbreaking it is to put animals down.
this past summer inJune, one of our cats affectionatly named"MommaKitty" had a litter of four kittens. I noticed that after about thesecond week, the kittens were constantly mewing and losing weight, i later found out that MommaKitty and been hit and died on the way to the animal hospital (the lady who hit her was compassionate). i took in the four kittens, named: Becky, Bubbles, Mischief and Popcorn.Well, they grew fat and healthy,one sunday, about a week afteri began to hand-rear them, i was brushing myteeth when my momscrambled up the stairs and yelled, "Ellie, i think you need to come down here,quick!" i was in the middle of brushing my teeth and wanted to know ifitcould wait, she replied, "something happenedto one of the kittens.
Well, it turns out a baby gate had crashed onto Popcorn, who had gotten loose. I forgot that there was toothpaste in my mouth and rushed to comfort the tiny kitten. Four days later he died, i cried so hard that day, i had seen them come into this world, and my mother let me miss church that sunday to let him leave leave this world. The little trooper hung on for four days!it was so depressing when i woke up that morning to see his lifeless body
. i felt like my own child had died and left me....
Luckily, no more animals have died on our farm since, although i just found out today that Bubbles was limping horribly. i rushed her inside and asked my mom what to do. She told me to feel for fractures or breaks. I think she may have gotten the one toe caught in something,had the one toe run over or the toe fractured...taking her to the vet,sadly, is out of the question. my parents don't really get that animals DO need doctors every now and then, there's not a lot i can do, i'm a minor and don't have a job/car. that's why i'm going to become a vet, i have the heart to take care of ANY sick animal, it pained me to see poor Bubbles in so much pain. i'm
really glad i got a veterinary referrence guide for christmas. i've been able to treat all our animals' ailments.
Hopefully, i can treat it myself, can't you give a half of an advil to cats? or is that just dogs?
Ellie
