ripShadow
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I just joined, today 
On November 5, I had to take Mister Shadow, my baby to the vet.
I noticed his breathing was making a clicking noise, and he had lost a lot of weight, but my dad wouldn't believe me. I made a compromise that if I paid for the vet bills, my dad would drive me there. So I made the appointment. When we arrived, shadow was doing decent, besides slugging around. But as soon as people started making noise, he started getting seizures. Then we got called into the vet's room. And when the vet came in, I could see it in her eyes, and I knew there was something wrong. She proceeded checking him out. Then he started getting seizures every minute. She told me and my dad that we could keep him, and take him back home, but he would be suffering, and probably wouldn't make the night. Or we could put him down, but by this point I was sobbing uncontrollably. But I chose to put him down. Now this is the first time that i've ever seen my dad cry. In shadow's five years of life, everyone who has met him, has fell in love with him almost instantly. He was the sweetest animal i've ever had. The vet told me he lived a great life, because of how long he lived without any health problems. I miss him terribly, and I think his story deserves to be known.
I hope I made the right decision for him, I wanted the best for him. He knows I love him. And I will no matter what. I still cry every night wishing he'd be back in my arms. Its hard making the right decision, because I didn't want to be greedy and have him suffer the night.
The symptoms that he had were not eating or drinking anything, though i used a syringe to give him water about every 2 hours. I also made guinea mush, which was water and guinea pig food, mushed; which he didn't touch. He had clicking noises when he breathed. He was active, when I called his name.
Here are some pictures of my sweetie.
http://i45.tinypic.com/16gjq81.jpg
http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa131/rockyroad822/ShadowandLV014.jpg
i love you shadow
On November 5, I had to take Mister Shadow, my baby to the vet.
I noticed his breathing was making a clicking noise, and he had lost a lot of weight, but my dad wouldn't believe me. I made a compromise that if I paid for the vet bills, my dad would drive me there. So I made the appointment. When we arrived, shadow was doing decent, besides slugging around. But as soon as people started making noise, he started getting seizures. Then we got called into the vet's room. And when the vet came in, I could see it in her eyes, and I knew there was something wrong. She proceeded checking him out. Then he started getting seizures every minute. She told me and my dad that we could keep him, and take him back home, but he would be suffering, and probably wouldn't make the night. Or we could put him down, but by this point I was sobbing uncontrollably. But I chose to put him down. Now this is the first time that i've ever seen my dad cry. In shadow's five years of life, everyone who has met him, has fell in love with him almost instantly. He was the sweetest animal i've ever had. The vet told me he lived a great life, because of how long he lived without any health problems. I miss him terribly, and I think his story deserves to be known.
I hope I made the right decision for him, I wanted the best for him. He knows I love him. And I will no matter what. I still cry every night wishing he'd be back in my arms. Its hard making the right decision, because I didn't want to be greedy and have him suffer the night.
The symptoms that he had were not eating or drinking anything, though i used a syringe to give him water about every 2 hours. I also made guinea mush, which was water and guinea pig food, mushed; which he didn't touch. He had clicking noises when he breathed. He was active, when I called his name.
Here are some pictures of my sweetie.
http://i45.tinypic.com/16gjq81.jpg
http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa131/rockyroad822/ShadowandLV014.jpg
i love you shadow
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