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MotherMoon
Tribal Liberation Force
Minmatar Republic
#1 - 2012-07-27 18:12:12 UTC  |  Edited by: MotherMoon
we have to put our pet down today. babylon is just too sick. I knew this was going to happen, he's been sick for a long time. Me and the wife are really torn up over it, it sucks. : (

have you guys ever had to deal with this? how do you handle it? it's the 1st time having to put down a pet :( ugh

sorry there is nothing entertaining or cute in this post. My pet bunny would always hop up and sit with his head by my side while I played eve. lost more than one ship that way lol.

:(

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Micheal Dietrich
Kings Gambit Black
#2 - 2012-07-27 18:34:25 UTC
Pets become family members in time so when the day comes its like receiving the news that your own grandfather died.

I've been through everything from rodents to fish, cats to dogs, to a horse. I think the hardest one was my German Shepard because he was my first dog in the family. He was afflicted with a degenerative nerve disease that is common among them and starting losing the ability to walk with his hind legs. My father tried to keep him going for many years but there came a point when I tried to call him over one day and no matter how hard he tried he just couldn't get up, and the worst part was seeing the pain in his eyes. I had to carry my dog into the vet to have him put down and the whole time he kept trying to stand up for me. Put me out of everything for almost a month which is more than what any family member has ever done.

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MotherMoon
Tribal Liberation Force
Minmatar Republic
#3 - 2012-07-27 19:27:58 UTC
: (

thanks for sharing I'm sure it's not easy to think about it again.

same thing happen to our bunny, his back legs stopped working. 1st a year ago he started hopping one foot. then he just crawled around, so we built him a wheel chair. he was pretty happy... but now. yeah. he's been on pain meds for 4 months.

the pain in thier eyes and that they keep trying to make an effort for you is the hardest part : (

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Ishtanchuk Fazmarai
#4 - 2012-07-27 20:04:47 UTC
Have had to put down two cats and lost two more, and the best advice i can give you is this:

There's one baby bunny out there waiting for a home. When you are ready, go find it and make his/her life as good as your old bunny's... that's the best tribute we can pay to those beings we love and which regretfully have a shorter lifespan than ours.

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Jada Maroo
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#5 - 2012-07-27 21:54:56 UTC
We had to have an elderly cat put to sleep half a year ago. There's nothing that can be said to make you feel better about it but what got me through it though was the realization that I was out of options. She couldn't be combed. She couldn't be shaved. She ached all over. She couldn't groom. She was going to be just a tangled up miserable mess. There just wasn't anything else that could be done.

If you went so far as to make a wheelchair for a rabbit, you went as far as you could. Eventually you run out of options and the only thing left to do is put them to sleep. So whenever I see something that reminds me of her, I ask myself "What else could you have done?" The answer is still "Nothing." When you realize you did the only thing you could do, it helps.
gulftobay
Mesotopia
#6 - 2012-07-27 22:44:47 UTC
I'm sorry to hear of your loss. Pets truly do become part of our family and friends. I dread the day my bestest buddy Jack, a border collie, passes. I already notice he can't jump on the bed and do some of the things he used to do.

The only thing I can recommend is something a vet told me years ago when my orange tabbie Alfie passed away.

After a day or two, start putting away some of your buddie's things, whether it's toys, crate, or whatever. Pick 1 or 2 items to remember them by and place somewhere appropriate, such as a mantle or shelf.

If you leave everthing in place it will pain you every day in every room. If you pick 1 or 2 significant items to cherish them by it makes it more meaningful and allows for less needless pain on your family's part while still remembering their part in your life.

Best wishes to you and yours.
MotherMoon
Tribal Liberation Force
Minmatar Republic
#7 - 2012-07-27 22:52:09 UTC
thank you ^

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Louis deGuerre
The Dark Tribe
Minmatar Fleet Alliance
#8 - 2012-07-27 23:21:55 UTC
I've brought 3 dogs to the vet for their final journey Sad. Don't go alone.
MotherMoon
Tribal Liberation Force
Minmatar Republic
#9 - 2012-07-27 23:22:49 UTC
Louis deGuerre wrote:
I've brought 3 dogs to the vet for their final journey Sad. Don't go alone.


Sad my wife should be with me thankfully.

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DrBiologist
Perkone
Caldari State
#10 - 2012-07-28 07:17:38 UTC
:( my outdoor/indoor cat " Pep " that I grew up with disappeared last week :( We assume he was killed by something cuz he never went far from the property unless he followed me when I would walk the dog......... he was my buddy and I have no clue what happened to him.............. this cat was the best cat one could have... i doubt ill ever encounter one like him again...
Chainsaw Plankton
FaDoyToy
#11 - 2012-07-28 07:33:45 UTC
it is rough. first time is the worst, but not to say it gets much easier. take solace in knowing it was their time. put a dog down just over a year ago, he was a crazy little mutt, but had an infection and pretty much stopped eating, what else could we do?

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Micheal Dietrich
Kings Gambit Black
#12 - 2012-07-28 10:35:44 UTC
DrBiologist wrote:
:( my outdoor/indoor cat " Pep " that I grew up with disappeared last week :( We assume he was killed by something cuz he never went far from the property unless he followed me when I would walk the dog......... he was my buddy and I have no clue what happened to him.............. this cat was the best cat one could have... i doubt ill ever encounter one like him again...



It is pretty crazy that you actually mention this because my parents cat Pepe' had disappeared as well. 2 weeks went by and my stepmother who was pretty saddened by it was getting ready to look at craigslist for another cat when he wandered back. His thigh had a nasty gash in it and it looked like his tail was broken but other than that he seemed to be ok.
What is really amazing about this cat is how they got it because they were talking for weeks about getting a cat to help with the mice (country living) and next thing we know this guy is literally on the doorstep. It's perplexing how he got there because of how remote my parents place is. There is no way he could have wandered to their place and I doubt anyone would go that far out of their way to dump a cat, but they found him huddled in a corner during a thunderstorm and took him in and he is everybody's buddy now. He's not so good with the mice thing as he prefers to bring them back alive but luckily we have a dog that has no issue finishing the job. He's really funny though because he likes to run in front of people and flop on his side to get a belly rub. We tell friends that he and gravity don't get along.

In any case don't lose hope yet. Like I said he was gone for 2 full weeks before suddenly showing up again.

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MotherMoon
Tribal Liberation Force
Minmatar Republic
#13 - 2012-07-28 18:22:43 UTC  |  Edited by: MotherMoon
well here we go. just a couple more hours , thanks for all the advice, stories, support.

sigh. Will definitively clean up his toys and such. he was a really big house bunny so he wasn't kept in his cage. He's out in the iving room right now, in a diaper at this point and out of his wheel chair so he can sketch out. The advice that there is nothing left we could do does help. it's just his time.

yet it doesn't feel easier. And I guess it never will, I knew part of owning pets is like everything else they have a time. blah.

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DrBiologist
Perkone
Caldari State
#14 - 2012-07-29 00:30:21 UTC
Micheal Dietrich wrote:
DrBiologist wrote:
:( my outdoor/indoor cat " Pep " that I grew up with disappeared last week :( We assume he was killed by something cuz he never went far from the property unless he followed me when I would walk the dog......... he was my buddy and I have no clue what happened to him.............. this cat was the best cat one could have... i doubt ill ever encounter one like him again...



It is pretty crazy that you actually mention this because my parents cat Pepe' had disappeared as well. 2 weeks went by and my stepmother who was pretty saddened by it was getting ready to look at craigslist for another cat when he wandered back. His thigh had a nasty gash in it and it looked like his tail was broken but other than that he seemed to be ok.
What is really amazing about this cat is how they got it because they were talking for weeks about getting a cat to help with the mice (country living) and next thing we know this guy is literally on the doorstep. It's perplexing how he got there because of how remote my parents place is. There is no way he could have wandered to their place and I doubt anyone would go that far out of their way to dump a cat, but they found him huddled in a corner during a thunderstorm and took him in and he is everybody's buddy now. He's not so good with the mice thing as he prefers to bring them back alive but luckily we have a dog that has no issue finishing the job. He's really funny though because he likes to run in front of people and flop on his side to get a belly rub. We tell friends that he and gravity don't get along.

In any case don't lose hope yet. Like I said he was gone for 2 full weeks before suddenly showing up again.


Hopefully he comes back :(
Seun
Perkone
Caldari State
#15 - 2012-07-29 02:47:27 UTC
Had a Labrador-Poodle Cross that we adopted from a dogs home in Australia. Her name was Cherry-Pie

She was originally trained in the seeing-eye dog program and didn't make the grade. The people that had her left her in the backyard all the time and neglected her.

When we went to the dogs home looking for a pet we saw her....the damn thing looked so awful, dirty and scruffy i walked right past her. My wife and daughter loved her immediately so we ended up adopting her.

Because i retired young and was home all the time, she ended up becoming my dog. I just had to look at her or snap my fingers and she knew what to do or where to go. I ended up loving her a great deal.

Only downside what that she suffered from epilepsy. Every time she would have a fit, i would grab her and lay her head on my lap, stroke her head and say "it's okay, it's okay" I'd keep petting her until she was able to walk around again.

One day i could see that she was starting to seize and i ran over to her and did what i usually do........she took a breath in, and one out. Then she took one more deep breath in and let it out................that was the last breath she ever took.

The poor girl died right there on my lap with her head in my arms.

I'd have to say that it's in the top three worst days of my life.

It's taken me 2 years, but we have just gotten a little miniature short-haired Dachshund. Now 9 weeks old. She is really something and has brought a lot of joy in our lives again.

I feel deeply for you both and you have my sincere sympathy.
Jett0
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#16 - 2012-07-29 15:23:26 UTC
There's no sad-face button, so I clicked like instead.

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Pulgy
Doomheim
#17 - 2012-07-29 17:55:54 UTC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOAcRKZxjy4

;_;
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Istvaan Shogaatsu
Guiding Hand Social Club
#18 - 2012-07-29 18:56:18 UTC
Every single one of our pets that has passed away, has destroyed me in an unique way. You never really learn to deal with it. The only thing I can recommend is to get a puppy quickly, and spend little time grieving. Losing a pet blows a hole in your soul, and a puppy is wonderful for plugging that gaping cavity with a dumb little bundle of unconditional love.

We recently lost Aga, one of our Dachshunds. I still hate myself for not spending more time at the vet's when she was on her way out. She died alone, and I promised myself I wouldn't let that happen. Regardless, we got a new pup (Doberman this time) and the grief rapidly gave way to happiness, for the most part. It's difficult to mope with that much canine energy around.
MotherMoon
Tribal Liberation Force
Minmatar Republic
#19 - 2012-07-29 19:00:57 UTC
Pulgy wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOAcRKZxjy4

;_;


that's very very powerful, and very sad : (

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FloppieTheBanjoClown
Arcana Imperii Ltd.
#20 - 2012-07-30 16:34:49 UTC
We adopted a greyhound shortly after we got married. We had to have him put down just six years later due to bone cancer eating up his entire left shoulder. We could have had the leg amputed so he could live another year, but for a dog who lived to run, cutting off a leg at 8 years old would mean he'd learn to run again just in time to probably get sick again.

We know he was in pain for at least a month before we found out what was wrong. I'll never forget the look of relief on his face when he was given the shot, like he'd finally stopped hurting. Then he laid down and went to sleep, sighed, and that was it.

Cried like a baby. Then we had to explain to a four year old why his best buddy wasn't coming home. Yeah, that weekend SUCKED.

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