We lost Billie the hamster, nothing out of the ordinary, was no more worried than before. Until we found her. The cat had got hold of her; hurt her leg, bitten her side, and she'd lost an eye. It was terrbly sad, and worrying.
The vet was concerned about her leg, and said it may never heal. She gave me a choice to have her put down straight away or take her home with medicine and wait. I couldn't face putting the lovely lovely Billie down; she'd been nothing but a delight and she didn't deserve this.
I took Billie home with me, giving her medicine twice a day, and blocking all the holes in her cage so she didn't get in to the tunnels and hurt herself more. Her leg swelled up and she started to smell. She continued to be lovely; taking her painkillers, drinking a little, not eating much but nestling down to her bed.
By the end of the weekend it was obvious something was seriously wrong and we took her back to the vet. For the last time. Her broken leg was causing internal bleeding, and the infection was from that. The antibiotics had, and probably could not work. We said goodbye to the loveliest little hamster we'd known.
5 comments:
Sorry to hear this hope that O & J aren't too sad.
ohh spooky, the verification word is bill!
Oh no. Very sad news. My thoughts are with you all x
When Robert's first hamster died I cried buckets.
His reaction was slightly different... I once wrote it all down as an exercise in short story writing but it's not short enough to post!
Oh, how sad.....
Poor wee thing. It's so traumatic when a pet dies.
I hope you gave him a viking funeral.
Thanks all - and no, sadly no Viking funeral. Left him with the lovely vet...
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