Adinar
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Who knew I'd end up posting in the memorial section so frequently. It's been a rough past few mnths with all the health issues some of ours have had, but today marked a bit of a milestone. It's over. No more force feedings, no more vet trips, no more crying in frustration of failing health when you've done all you could.
Loki had been in declining health, the worst I saw her was Mon. night. I was sitting here at the computer playing some games with a headset on, and suddenly heard a strange noise. I looked down at her tank to see her standing out in the open...screaming and thrashing. (Granted when they make noise it's not that loud... but it was sure loud enough for me to hear over the game noise/people talking.) I thought she was having a seizure of some sort or that this was it. She settled down a minute or two later, after I pulled the light and lid off the top of her tank. She walked around strangely... until she slunk back to her moist hide, curled up, and went back to sleep.
I've been wanting to put her down for some time now, but my husband had hope that maybe things would turn around. Unfortunetally after that night, we both knew that it was time. She started getting incredibly dehydrated at an insane rate, her features were sinking in... and almost over night she became something of her former self. A sad, shrivled, boney animal in desperate need of relief. It was nuts with how quick she got like this. She wasn't at the point last week. She was thin, but nothing like this.
I'll admit, I'm upset over her loss, but I know this was the best possible thing for her. It's just a shame that we had to loose all 4 that had gotten sick. Saving just one of them would've made it all seem worth it. Tonight will be the first time since April that we don't have to worry about handfeeding, meds, or something along those lines. It's almost kind of nice.
I still miss them all like crazy.
Loki had been in declining health, the worst I saw her was Mon. night. I was sitting here at the computer playing some games with a headset on, and suddenly heard a strange noise. I looked down at her tank to see her standing out in the open...screaming and thrashing. (Granted when they make noise it's not that loud... but it was sure loud enough for me to hear over the game noise/people talking.) I thought she was having a seizure of some sort or that this was it. She settled down a minute or two later, after I pulled the light and lid off the top of her tank. She walked around strangely... until she slunk back to her moist hide, curled up, and went back to sleep.
I've been wanting to put her down for some time now, but my husband had hope that maybe things would turn around. Unfortunetally after that night, we both knew that it was time. She started getting incredibly dehydrated at an insane rate, her features were sinking in... and almost over night she became something of her former self. A sad, shrivled, boney animal in desperate need of relief. It was nuts with how quick she got like this. She wasn't at the point last week. She was thin, but nothing like this.
I'll admit, I'm upset over her loss, but I know this was the best possible thing for her. It's just a shame that we had to loose all 4 that had gotten sick. Saving just one of them would've made it all seem worth it. Tonight will be the first time since April that we don't have to worry about handfeeding, meds, or something along those lines. It's almost kind of nice.
I still miss them all like crazy.
