In Memory
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Loss of a Pet
It may be hard for
some to understand,
How friendships with pets go hand and hand.
Together you formed a unique and special bond,
I'm sorry for you that your pet has passed on.
It's not always easy
for some to see,
A pet being like extended family.
You've laughed, played, cared and shared,
I'm saddened for you that your pet's no longer here.
Remember the
communications you so strongly built,
Remember the greeting so happily filled,
Remember the tenderness you had for each other,
Remembering is an important part of staying together.
Try to move ahead
without feeling to sad,
By Remembering the best of the time that you had.
Toni Kahaflit |
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Zima |
I took in Zima when she was only 4-6 weeks old the summer of 1994.
She was a very loyal dog and was excellent with all critters. She
was great with the boys. Late summer of 2005 we found a lump.
She had several surgeries with no definitive diagnosis. She did
well but was never 100% again. Summer of 2006, she stopped eating
well and started having problems walking and breathing. We decided that it would
be best for her not to suffer anymore. We humanly euthanised her
on July 28, 2006
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Zep |
He was becoming more and more aggressive as he aged and discomfort in
his hips became more pronounced. For the safety of our family we
humanly euthanised him on December 31, 2004.
Zep was born 8/ 96 at the hospital I worked at. All his siblings
died. He was the only one left out of 9. His mother was a
young hyper shepherd. At 2 weeks of age Zep was placed in the
incubator at work, we hand fed him and treated his pneumonia. At
times we did not know if he was going to make it or not. At 5
weeks my boyfriend at the time fell in love with him and wanted to adopt
him, so I let him. After 2 months of going together we broke it
off and I took the puppy. I could not keep the puppy so I gave it
to a friend. A year later my friend told me she could no
longer keep the dog because he was so hyper. At the time I had a
cousin looking for a dog for her and her roommates. They loved the
dog and took him. A roommate and I started dating, the
others moved out, I moved in and now we are one happy family
October 6, 2007, We spread Zep's ashes. We spread them at our
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Where Zep's Ashes are |
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Rusty |
Rusty was born April 4, 1986. He was a Shetland Sheepdog. I bought him from a
breeder with my first $100 I ever made. It was saved from my
babysitting money. While in
college he was my guinea pig whenever I learned a new technique. On 1-28-01
I humanely euthanaised him.
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Freddie |
Freddie was my first Peachfaced ever. He is a green or wild colored
Peachfaced. He was given
to me by a co-worker who bred her two Lovies together. I got him
in October of 1995. I fell in love with Freddie, he was a little
clown. He was always out of his cage playing with me.
Freddie was the faithful companion to Ethel. She
loved him and hated my friendship with him.
On September 5, 2008, At about 11 pm there was a lot of fluttering
and squawking coming from the bird room. When I went in Freddie was on
the bottom of the cage with his legs out behind him and he was on his back.
His breathing was shallow. His legs were paralyzed. He could not
move them. So I held him for awhile and pet his little head till his
breathing was better. I gave him a little bit of water through a
syringe, which he drank. I put him in a bucket back in his cage.
By morning he was gone.
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Iolite |
In January of 2006, He started plucking himself bald. He then
refused to eat a balance diet only eating certain seeds. He
continued to mutilate every new feather that started to appear doing
damage to his skin. Everything we tried to get him to eat and stop
him from picking made it worse. On March 17, 2006 we found him in
the corner of his cage, he had passed on through the night.
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Ashes |
Ashes passed away on July 11, 2002. She was a cranky little tiel. She
was Soot's cage mate. |
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Jade |
Jade passed away on December 26, 2004. She became egg bound during
the holiday season. On the way to the Vet she passed away.
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Sasha
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Sasha was my first ferret. She was born June of 94'. She would come
running for her raisins. Give kisses and cuddle with you, she was a
sweet heart and will be missed greatly. We had to humanely euthanaise
(9-28-01) her due to her adrenal problem and a large abdominal mass.
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P.I.T.A |
P.I.T.A passed away in her sleep during the first weekend in 2003. She was a
gift from my younger brother. At the time I had just humanely euthanaised
one of my first
ferrets, Sarina. My brother walked in the door with this tiny
little ferret in his shirt pocket. She was the brat of the
group. She would chase you and jump on you. She would back up and
get a running start to jump on you. She would also make clicky sounds
as she was attacking. Clicky sounds are happy sounds.
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Sarina
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She was one of my first ferrets. I bought her
when I bought Sasha. Sarina was sick from the beginning. After only having her 3
months I found
out that she had not been spayed. So I had to take her to a Vet. to have
emergency surgery. In female ferrets that are intact it is an emergency if a female goes into heat, she can die. (spaying
info.) She made it
through the surgery. A year and a half later she started showing
signs of heat
again. We did an Ultrasound and it showed that there was a
cyst growing
on her uterine stump. We did surgery again. She made it through
it fine. A couple of months later she was feeling sick again and we
decided to do surgery again. We found another cyst and a left
adrenal
mass. She made it out of surgery fine. But she never fully
recovered and she
became sicker and sicker. I had to humanely euthanaise her. I will always remember
her. I have
scars that will always remind me of how much I loved her and how
much she loved to bite me.
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Flea
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Flea was a 5 year old cinnamon ferret. He was my sick boy.
He is the only ferret we know of that has a thyroid problem. He gave up on life. On 3-22-00 we humanely euthanaised him.
 
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Homey
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Homey was left at the house by a departing roommate that could not
keep him any longer. He was approx. a 4 year old sable
ferret. He loved to steal everything. A large tumor began to
grow in his belly, it finally became a problem for him and we humanely euthanaised him on 8-3-00.
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Jazz
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Jazz was given to me with Flea by a client of the hospital.
Jazz was a 5 year old sable ferret. His owner could no longer keep
him she asked if I would watch him for a year and then she would come
back for them. She never came back. He was my little
thief. He would take anything and hide it. He loved to take Zep's toys and hide them from him. He died in his sleep.
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Sassy |
Her look tells it all. My family claimed she was nicer than she
looks but only the people that lived with her knew how nice she really
was. She was humanly euthanised on March 21, 2006.
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Magoo |
Magoo was a Peachfaced lovebird who belonged to Dawn. He was my
First male Lovie born, his parents are Fred and Ethel. He was born in
1998. He was found dead at the bottom of his cage December 2006.
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Wolfie |
Wolfie was a cat who was loved by Dawn. He lived a great life with her
after being a stud cat for many years. He lost his battle against Kidney
failure. Dawn humanely euthanaised him on 12/01.
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Sadie |
A husky cross that belonged to a very good friend of mine. She was
a wonderful dog. She was humanly euthanised so that she would not
have to suffer from old age ailments.
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Daisy
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She was a baby I sold a Christmas time to a little girl. She loved the bird
very much. We will
never know why because the little girl buried her beloved little
bird. Daisy was born in July 99. She was well loved and will be
missed.
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Myst |
Myst was a baby lovie that I sold in January of 02'. She was born
in October and was only at her new home a couple of weeks. She was
found dead in her cage. We do not know why, all her siblings are
fine. She was a beautiful bird and will be missed.
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Angel |
Angel was a lovebird that came to live with us. Her owner wanted
her to go to a home were Angel could find a mate and breed. Angel
did lay eggs and sit and hatch those eggs but was not the best mom and
we lost both babies. On March 25, 2002, I came home to find Angel
at the bottom of her cage. We believe that she got caught in a
toy. Angel was a very active lovie and loved her toys.
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