thank you all
Jan. 13th, 2006 09:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wendyzskiI really needed every single one of those hugs.
I was so afraid that I'd get criticized for do-it-yourself euthenasia, but I couldn't see making him suffer the stress of a trip. The nearest exotic vet is in Skokie (hallf-hour on train and then bus in the cold rain), and I don't even know if they would do such a procedure on an "emergency" after-hours basis. I had studied rodent anatomy when I was planning on dispatching those vermin-mice last year, so I was pretty confident I could do it as painlessly as possible. It was really hard, but in the end it really wasn't really a choice - I had to do whatever I could for him.
I cried myself into an asthma attack, but a couple of hours and half a box of tissues later I was able to clean out his cage and toys. Since I am hoping for my next fuzzy roomate to be a rabbit, I will not be adopting another hammie for now. I have an e-mail in to the shelter he came from to see if they need equipment donations. I'll box everything up once it dries. It hurts too much to keep around with no one living in it.
*hugs pillow tightly*
I was so afraid that I'd get criticized for do-it-yourself euthenasia, but I couldn't see making him suffer the stress of a trip. The nearest exotic vet is in Skokie (hallf-hour on train and then bus in the cold rain), and I don't even know if they would do such a procedure on an "emergency" after-hours basis. I had studied rodent anatomy when I was planning on dispatching those vermin-mice last year, so I was pretty confident I could do it as painlessly as possible. It was really hard, but in the end it really wasn't really a choice - I had to do whatever I could for him.
I cried myself into an asthma attack, but a couple of hours and half a box of tissues later I was able to clean out his cage and toys. Since I am hoping for my next fuzzy roomate to be a rabbit, I will not be adopting another hammie for now. I have an e-mail in to the shelter he came from to see if they need equipment donations. I'll box everything up once it dries. It hurts too much to keep around with no one living in it.
*hugs pillow tightly*
