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Well, I was hoping I'd never have to come to this thread again, but we're now facing another possible major loss. Starting Friday nite we had sick ratties again. The first to go was a new girl we had called Gabby. She was a solo rattie, surrendered to us by a college girl who was too emo to want to care for her anymore. A very adorable and lovable little animal. Then Saturday nite, a juvenile rattie girl named SweetPea got sick and died on us. At least those two died quite peacefully with just a touch of struggle to breathe. Sunday was the hardest for me. We had a little black and white girl named Sweetie. Her surrender mate died during the december tragedy. Sweetie got sick along with the others and I never imagined that she would survive, let alone survive this long. Her health was shattered, lungs scarred, but always bright and attentive. A bigger heart has not been seen in a little animal and the desire to live was so strong in this little girl. We gave her meds, nebulized her, did everything I had in my power to help her when she started showing issues on Sunday morning. I stayed up with her all night and would hold on to her as she struggle with the feeling that she was drowning. She finally got too weak and could only lay there and by 430 monday morning, gasped her last. During that Sunday, we also found one of our oops litter boys with breathing issues. He sat on the couch all monday and died in his sleep Tuesday morning. We've got one more rattie, a new surrender about 4 months old, who is also sick. I don't expect him to survive by the morning.
Running a rescue for animals you fall in love with is so hard.
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