Goodbye Gwin

[milleniumgypsy]

We had to put Gwin to sleep last night. His health was quite a yoyo for a while, he'd seem like he would be doing really good (relatively) and he'd be off wobblingly getting into mischief. Followed by the next day lethargic and not terribly interested in food, and the next day good again. We think he had lymphoma, which apparently the reason for the yoyoing health.

He was actually doing quite well Wednesday, then Thursday he could barely move. Friday was no better. As he had gone from reasonable quality of life (though sick) to basically no quality of life it would be selfish to keep him hanging on just because I didn't want to let him go. So we let him go.

We're going to bury him this weekend.

Have some pictures of my furbutt near when we first got him. <3


Here he was exploring the bedroom. (The boxes are there because ferrets love boxes!)


What're you doing hooman?


Scottie was crumpling up phone book pages to fill a box with, so they could dig around.


We filled the box with more paper after I took those pictures.


After we added more paper, we made a little opening on the side and on the top. They loved to go inside and dig around (and then sleep of course).
I remember being amused because his head and tail were sticking out of the box.

Chaos seems to be alright so far. He's getting ALL THE HUGS from us atm so he's certainly not lacking for attention (he might even argue that he'd just like to go play nao thanks). I'm not sure if we'll get him another buddy, I want him to be happy but it's hard to think about that quite yet.

Comments

[dazzlingdespair.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry~ *hugs*

[du-secondaire.livejournal.com]

Oh, Tanya (and Scottie, if you are reading). I am so, so, SO sorry for your loss. :(

We had to put my dog to sleep two summers ago because she had cancer too, and it was legitimately one of the worst days of my life. Losing a pet, any pet, is rotten.

*tons of hugs*

[lupinelullaby.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry for your loss. I know how hard it is to have to make that decision.

I love these pictures. You gave him a wonderful home!

[manda-kitty.livejournal.com]

oh honey, I'm so sorry!! *hugs* If Chaos seems to get depressed and lonely I'd think about getting him a friend. :/

[arctic-comet.livejournal.com]

Awww, I'm so sorry :( I know it's painful to lose a pet.

[sillycactus.livejournal.com]

i'm so sorry about gwin. it's a horrible decision that you had to make, but he had a wonderful home with you! *hugs*

[stuffy34.livejournal.com]

So sorry for your loss *hugs*

[elizalavelle.livejournal.com]

*hug* that's the hardest thing to do but it was the right thing for Gwin.

[letsgokomets.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry for the loss of your little one :( ::hugs::

[icecoldrain.livejournal.com]

Aw, RIP Gwin. *hugs*

[lastofthewildes.livejournal.com]

Oh, no. I'm so sorry to hear of your loss. It's difficult to make that decision, but it seems like the best course of action. He certainly had a great home while he was with you and Scottie.

I'm glad you mentioned Chaos, though, too. I hope he will be okay just bonding deeper with the both of you, but perhaps down the line another ferret might be a good addition. In due time. Your hearts need to heal.

/hugs and prayers for pets

[diemme.livejournal.com]

Hugs * I'm so sorry. It's heartbreaking to lose them even when we know it's the right thing to do. RIP, little Gwin.