| another RIP but this time it's not about patrick swayze. |
[15 Sep 2009|04:07pm] |
Last night I lost my ferret Ruby to what I'm about 98% sure is something called Insulinoma. I know this thanks to my google searching skills and of course because she had all of the symptoms of it. Basically about a month or a month and a half ago she stopped eating, began losing weight and her eyes started to look sort of glossed over. She was also sleeping a lot and just not really interested in playing as much. I separated her from Oliver about a week and a half ago and began hand feeding her. I thought that maybe she stopped eating due to him stealing the food or the heat we had earlier on this summer. She had started to gain some weight back and had also begun eating on her own again so I was feeling hopeful about being able to put them back together. Then yesterday afternoon she had a seizure.
All of the sudden she was screaming and flopping around in her cage. I tried holding her so she wouldn't hurt herself on the cage bars but she kept screaming and screaming. I've never heard her make a sound before and I'm pretty sure they can only make involuntary sounds (like when they're distressed). My roommate ran out and got some Karo syrup for me and we put it on her gums. This made her stop convulsing but after the convulsions stopped she appeared very weak and seemed to have lost mobility. :( I wrapped her up in some t shirts to try to relax her and hoped that she would fall asleep and just go quietly. When Jon and I got home from the radio station a few hours later she was gone. I cried for a while but ultimately I was just glad that she didn't suffer long and upset that I didn't realize there was a problem sooner.
We wrapped her up in a bag and put her in the freezer and tonight we'll have some sort of official ceremony to send her off into the next life. I'm planning to burn her but I'm not really sure how well it will work out.
I already miss you little Ruby girl.
I'm down to one baby.
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| rest in peace delilah bear |
[17 Aug 2009|12:42pm] |
Today I'm lamenting the passing of my 3 + year old hamster Miss Delilah Bear.
She was laying next to her wheel this morning. My friend mike is coming over shortly so we can commence a backyard burial. She'll be buried in a Sephora box with her favorite hamster bedding and blueberry hamster treats as well as some nature's best granola bars. honey oat flavor.
Her favorite past times were base jumping from 5 drawer dressers, hiding in bookshelves, falling asleep in her ball, pooping a lot, running in her wheel, biting me, eating treats from my hand with her little paws on my fingers and intimidating nosey ferrets with her big front teeth.
I'm a big baby and spent at least the last hour crying until my eyes were swollen.
But she was a great hamster and a wonderful pet and I'm going to miss the joy she brought to my walk in closet and her contribution to my daily routine of picking out clothes.
RIP Delilah.
I hope nothing digs you up.
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| new apartment hello. |
[30 Jul 2009|07:55pm] |
I found a place.
The bad news is that with utilities it ends up being about 800/mo.
the good news is i have a huge room with an attached bathroom and a double wide bathtub.
Ferrets allowed.
it's not settled yet so i don't want to get my hopes up, but it is as close to being settled as it can be right now i suppose.
i feel better.
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| fuck my life # 8742131985743793974823641263473641 |
[30 Jul 2009|11:31am] |
I was asked to leave my apartment yesterday after only two months of living here. long story short, my roommate jeff wants someone he is more "compatible" with and essentially wasn't looking for just a roommate when i moved in here.
the apartment hunt begins.
i'm seeing three places today two of which i'm really hopeful about, one of which would be beyond perfect.
crossing fingers and keeping on.
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