Chris24
Junior Guinea Pig
Hi All,
We had our dearest Guinea Pig Apple put to sleep last night as she was deteriorating fast.. we decided to have this done by a professional as we felt it was the most humane and pain free way for her to go. The vet used an injection straight to the heart and she was gone in seconds, but she really squealed when the needle went in and it broke our hearts to see it, we also were not warned that Apple would feel pain during the procedure. We feel the vet should have used sedation on her beforehand to make the process entirely pain free but this didn't happen as we had hoped. We put our trust in a clinical professional to make the right decision as we have not been through this process before.
We are angry and upset and are looking to make a comaplaint, but this will not undo what has already been done. We are feeling really guilty that Apple had to go through this and are blaming ourselves, but we know deep down it was the right decision, if not the right decision by the vet in question.
So please, make sure if you are in this situation that your vet uses appropriate sedation before euthinasia as we do not want anyone else to have to go through what we just have.
Chris & Kim
We had our dearest Guinea Pig Apple put to sleep last night as she was deteriorating fast.. we decided to have this done by a professional as we felt it was the most humane and pain free way for her to go. The vet used an injection straight to the heart and she was gone in seconds, but she really squealed when the needle went in and it broke our hearts to see it, we also were not warned that Apple would feel pain during the procedure. We feel the vet should have used sedation on her beforehand to make the process entirely pain free but this didn't happen as we had hoped. We put our trust in a clinical professional to make the right decision as we have not been through this process before.
We are angry and upset and are looking to make a comaplaint, but this will not undo what has already been done. We are feeling really guilty that Apple had to go through this and are blaming ourselves, but we know deep down it was the right decision, if not the right decision by the vet in question.
So please, make sure if you are in this situation that your vet uses appropriate sedation before euthinasia as we do not want anyone else to have to go through what we just have.
Chris & Kim
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