cavy-cool-crazy
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Cavy Slave
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We lost our 17 year old Shih Tzu, Bosun, today. He had severe arthritis, was blind and deaf, and had started having fits again in the last 2 days. After his fit this morning my mum noticed a large lump on his gums - we found out at the vets it was a tumour. We had the option to either give him meds to stop the fits, but he would need surgery in the near future to remove the tumour as it would have begun to interfere with his eating, or to have him euthanised. He wouldn't have made it through the surgery - he was literally skin and bone - and while he wasn't in pain, he was uncomfortable and the fits just made him distressed, so the decision was made, and he died at lunchtime today. Exactly 2 weeks after his 17th birthday.
You don't realise just how much a part of your life an animal is until they've gone for good. My mum and I are heartbroken, but so, so glad that we got to spend a good couple of hours with him last night, giving him a bath and haircut and getting him comfortable. My dad shed a few tears too, he's not one to show his emotions, but he's been pretty affected by poor Bobo's passing.
Here's a few pics of the little guy.
Bosun
9th May 1990 - 23rd May 2007
You don't realise just how much a part of your life an animal is until they've gone for good. My mum and I are heartbroken, but so, so glad that we got to spend a good couple of hours with him last night, giving him a bath and haircut and getting him comfortable. My dad shed a few tears too, he's not one to show his emotions, but he's been pretty affected by poor Bobo's passing.
Here's a few pics of the little guy.
Bosun
9th May 1990 - 23rd May 2007
