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'Twas the night before Christmas

posted by [personal profile] bugshaw at 07:05pm on 30/07/2005
And there are no more stirring rodents chez [livejournal.com profile] bugshaw. I made the mistake of looking up how old Carrie [livejournal.com profile] live_gerbil was, and the answer was "really quite". As soon as she heard this she took ill, and stopped eating and drinking, and as she finds being handled very traumatic (she often has fits) we were not able to take any heroic measures. After a couple of days in which she failed to drop off peacefully, the vet put her to sleep this afternoon.

So I'm a bit sad.

We've not had no rodents since 1999.
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posted by [identity profile] fjm.livejournal.com at 06:38pm on 30/07/2005
Hugs. Lots and lots of hugs.
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posted by [identity profile] bugshaw.livejournal.com at 11:15am on 31/07/2005
Thanks for the robot hamster book; hamster bits quite sweet, bogey bits quite gross! I don't need to keep it so I'll bring it along to Worldcon for you.
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Rodentless? Oh no!

posted by [identity profile] thalinoviel.livejournal.com at 06:42pm on 30/07/2005
If you want more rodents, may I recommend asking [livejournal.com profile] smokingboot for some of her exponentially growing gerbil population? I'm sure she'll thank you.
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posted by [identity profile] major-clanger.livejournal.com at 08:41pm on 30/07/2005
We know the feeling. Carrie was part of our exponentially expanding gerbil population...

MC
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posted by [identity profile] alexmc.livejournal.com at 06:52pm on 30/07/2005
Very sad to hear this. I know how a sick pet makes you feel.
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posted by [identity profile] ang-grrr.livejournal.com at 06:59pm on 30/07/2005
Oh dear.
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posted by [identity profile] inulro.livejournal.com at 07:09pm on 30/07/2005
Aw, I'm sorry. :-(

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posted by [identity profile] yonmei.livejournal.com at 08:31pm on 30/07/2005
I'm sorry.
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posted by [identity profile] frandowdsofa.livejournal.com at 10:23pm on 30/07/2005
sorry
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posted by [identity profile] hawkida.livejournal.com at 11:17pm on 30/07/2005
Aw, sorry. Bye, Carrie.

Do you think you'll get more rodents?
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posted by [identity profile] bugshaw.livejournal.com at 11:20am on 31/07/2005
I'd like to. I do feel happier when I have a hamster down my cleavage ;-)

I expect we'll take a break for a while, maybe take the opportunity to decorate the house without giant tanks in the way, then maybe something will move in...
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posted by [identity profile] madcatwoman.livejournal.com at 11:49pm on 30/07/2005
I'm so sorry to har this. Little rodent lives are so brief but the loss of them hurts so much.
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posted by [identity profile] pickledginger.livejournal.com at 04:15am on 31/07/2005
Adieu.

My condolences on your loss.

I still have fond memories of my "Witty" and "Twitty," their frequent escapes, and the many family arguments about which of them was which.
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posted by [identity profile] purpletigron.livejournal.com at 08:49am on 31/07/2005
Very sorry to hear this. It's now 18 months since Sick Kitty died, and I'm still constantly worrying about the Flooger, who is 'really quite old' too. I don't know if we will ever be able to face having new kitties :-(
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posted by [personal profile] hnpcc at 11:50pm on 31/07/2005
I'm sorry to hear that. It's always hard when pets die, even when it's natural. Well, mostly, you know what I mean.

How long do gerbils live, out of curiosity? We don't have them here and I've only seen them once (in the US) so I've no idea.
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posted by [identity profile] bugshaw.livejournal.com at 08:00am on 01/08/2005
They live 2-4 years. Carrie was never that robust, so 2years 4months was quite good going.

Our first two gerbils went the whole range: Stan went he was 2, but Cartman carried on till he was 4, apparently going of a heart attack while digging furiously in his favourite jam jar. But he was a bruiser of a gerbil.

I'm more used to gerbils that take ill and die all in one day; this dragging it on and on and on is what I find hard to deal with. It's terrible to leave them like that, but terrible to decide to have them put to sleep :-(
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