The lesson "Pepper" taught me about life, by: Anonymous
One morning I got up and got our ferret Pepper out of her sleeping area and took her to the living room. When I set her down I immediately noticed she was dragging her hind quarters. She was paralyzed from the hips down. In the time it took me to call the vet she had dragged herself down the stairs and was waiting for me to open the door to outside. It was like she knew it would be the last time she would go out to play.
As I watched her drag herself through the grass I couldn't help but notice she was not feeling sorry for herself. It's like she was saying "My back legs don't work, but my front ones do!" When we got to the vet he told us there was nothing he could do to make her comfortable and she should be put down. I was filled with grief because I knew it was her time to cross that Rainbow Bridge.
I held her on my lap as he gave her the injection, and cried as she passed on. She taught me that life is to be lived.. even to the very end.
My Sympathies to you by: Jmclovin
I'm so sorry for your loss.... I know how hard it is, my little guy was only 1 and a half and my dog bit him and he fell off the stairs and couldn't breath right, he laid in my husband's arms gasping with these awful raspy noises and his eyes were locked on mine while I screamed and cried and tried to call a vet, blood started coming out his nose and mouth and he passed, I will never get the look out of my head when he was staring at me with so much love and hurt in his eyes and I couldn't help him, I pet him on the head and kept trying to call an after hours vet, I should have had him in my arms.... I think he was wondering why I was not kissing him and loving him at that moment but I was there, I was trying to get help, I love him more then anything in this world! I hope he knew that expecially in his last moments I loved him so much.
I don't think those screams you heard will ever get out of your head, but you were doing what you could, taking your fuzzy to the vet for help, just like me trying to get help. Your fuzzy knows how much you loved and tried to help... It's so sad. I'm so sorry for your loss.
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