kme3388
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- Sep 17, 2021
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- Parrots
- Eclectus Parrot: Nico (male)
Jenday Conure: Kiwi (female)
Sun Conure: Charlie (male)
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One wonderful thing about our beloved animal family members is that they don't seem understand the concept of their own mortality the way humans do. They don't fear death the way we do so you can get some comfort knowing that Teddy passed away without the kind of fear we feel about death. Teddy just went to sleep and didn't wake up and has now joined all the others in an eternal birdie paradise free from and kind of suffering.View attachment 49010Teddy my shih tzu was euthanized today. He would have been 14 years old next month. He was supposed to have some teeth removed this morning. We were wondering if that was why he had some eating issues. He has been drooling a lot the past few months. He also was coughing a lot. Especially when eating or drinking. Sometimes there was blood in the drool. He was 13 pounds 2 years ago. He was 9.3 pounds last month. He was 8.1 pounds today. He couldn’t eat hard food anymore. We had to transfer him to soft food. We did this about a month ago. He ate so much better, and appeared to perk up. Well today the vet found a large tumor in the back of Teddy’s throat to his soft pallet. She described it to be 2 1/2 inches long. She said that this is an aggressive type of cancer. She didn’t recommend any further treatment. We decided that Teddy was suffering, and wouldn’t be improving so the best thing to do for him would be to put him down. So we returned to the vet roughly 2 hours after we dropped him off to hold him one last time, and to be there for him one last time. This was so hard. Myself nor my husband can stop crying. It feels like someone put a hole in our heart, and that someone is suffocating us. We went to Walmart and bought a photo frame to put photos in for memories. How long does this hurt for? Are there things that help people grieve the loss of their furry family members?
I am sorry for your lossView attachment 49010Teddy my shih tzu was euthanized today. He would have been 14 years old next month. He was supposed to have some teeth removed this morning. We were wondering if that was why he had some eating issues. He has been drooling a lot the past few months. He also was coughing a lot. Especially when eating or drinking. Sometimes there was blood in the drool. He was 13 pounds 2 years ago. He was 9.3 pounds last month. He was 8.1 pounds today. He couldn’t eat hard food anymore. We had to transfer him to soft food. We did this about a month ago. He ate so much better, and appeared to perk up. Well today the vet found a large tumor in the back of Teddy’s throat to his soft pallet. She described it to be 2 1/2 inches long. She said that this is an aggressive type of cancer. She didn’t recommend any further treatment. We decided that Teddy was suffering, and wouldn’t be improving so the best thing to do for him would be to put him down. So we returned to the vet roughly 2 hours after we dropped him off to hold him one last time, and to be there for him one last time. This was so hard. Myself nor my husband can stop crying. It feels like someone put a hole in our heart, and that someone is suffocating us. We went to Walmart and bought a photo frame to put photos in for memories. How long does this hurt for? Are there things that help people grieve the loss of their furry family members?