Missy
loves her little darlings
well as some of you may have read somewhere i have a very ill female corn snake of 8 years old. she has had 3 ops in the past, 2 for being egg-bound (she was unable to lay her eggs) and the latest to remove a lump on her kidney, which to start of with they thought she was badly constipated so they operated to remove whats clogging her up, only to find a huge lump on her kidney, she hasnt eaten for 4 months, is extremely thin for a 5ft snake, was spasming whenever anything came into contact with her, and we had to tube feed her food supplements twice a day, well for the past week she couldnt keep anything down and today was ultra bad, the worst day ever today.
got missy out as she was bashing her head against the side of her tank and noticed that her stitches seemed to be swollen, she couldnt stop jolting her whole body, my mum just couldnt believe what she was seeing, she was seriously jolting her whole body and it was terrible to see. so i called the vet and he said to come up in 30 mins and he'll take a look over her. by the time i got there, she was soo bad, she was continuously regurgitating and couldnt control herself. i was terrified for her, she kept on opening her mouth and making these god awful noises, it wasnt right, when the vet was holding her, her body was upside down and her head and neck was all twisted, she couldnt control it anymore. the vet just looked at me and i knew what was coming next. he said she was deteriating very quickly and that he highly recommended that we put her to sleep today!
so i called my mum in complete tears and she came up straight away, we sat in there with missy while the vet gave her one injection to slow her down, then the second to sedate her, at that point, she was laying on her side, not flinching, she'd completely given up, i ran out sobbing my eyes out, my mum came out a little while later and said the vet has given her the 3rd injection in the heart, shes now asleep, didnt feel a thing, so i went back in and just watched her, he had curled her up like she does in her tank at night and looked so peaceful, no spasming, no regurgitating, no funny noises, no pain.
i stroked her for a little bit, i heard my mum thank the vet for everything he's done but everything was a blur, i just left real fast, she will be going in the refridgerator this evening, they do that to make sure she is for real, dead. then in the morning, shes being sent off to be cremated and i can collect her in her little box in a week, she'll be back with me.
i knew this was coming but it still hit me like the world caving in.
am so sad for her, and am sad that she suffered for so long without anyone knowing anything.
just cannot describe how im feeling, am completely devastated it had to come to this so soon, my heart has been torn through all this and will be for some time
she was my ultimate little darling, always has been and always will
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R.I.P missy
just thought i'd share this as i needed to get it off my chest.
pictures taken recently
just look at her, shes gorgeous and i bet she felt real sorry for herself
sorry just had to say something
got missy out as she was bashing her head against the side of her tank and noticed that her stitches seemed to be swollen, she couldnt stop jolting her whole body, my mum just couldnt believe what she was seeing, she was seriously jolting her whole body and it was terrible to see. so i called the vet and he said to come up in 30 mins and he'll take a look over her. by the time i got there, she was soo bad, she was continuously regurgitating and couldnt control herself. i was terrified for her, she kept on opening her mouth and making these god awful noises, it wasnt right, when the vet was holding her, her body was upside down and her head and neck was all twisted, she couldnt control it anymore. the vet just looked at me and i knew what was coming next. he said she was deteriating very quickly and that he highly recommended that we put her to sleep today!
so i called my mum in complete tears and she came up straight away, we sat in there with missy while the vet gave her one injection to slow her down, then the second to sedate her, at that point, she was laying on her side, not flinching, she'd completely given up, i ran out sobbing my eyes out, my mum came out a little while later and said the vet has given her the 3rd injection in the heart, shes now asleep, didnt feel a thing, so i went back in and just watched her, he had curled her up like she does in her tank at night and looked so peaceful, no spasming, no regurgitating, no funny noises, no pain.
i stroked her for a little bit, i heard my mum thank the vet for everything he's done but everything was a blur, i just left real fast, she will be going in the refridgerator this evening, they do that to make sure she is for real, dead. then in the morning, shes being sent off to be cremated and i can collect her in her little box in a week, she'll be back with me.
i knew this was coming but it still hit me like the world caving in.
am so sad for her, and am sad that she suffered for so long without anyone knowing anything.
just cannot describe how im feeling, am completely devastated it had to come to this so soon, my heart has been torn through all this and will be for some time
she was my ultimate little darling, always has been and always will
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
R.I.P missy
just thought i'd share this as i needed to get it off my chest.
pictures taken recently
just look at her, shes gorgeous and i bet she felt real sorry for herself
sorry just had to say something
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As I was reading your post it actually brought tears to my eyes. I know how you feel, I have had to deal with this in the past. It really hurts to lose a pet that we LOVE so much. Even though we know that what we do is best for the pet, it doesn't make it hurt any less. Take Care.
