Sudden loss of our beautiful girl

Laura2781

Laura2781

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Hi. I’m new to the forum, yesterday our beautiful girl, Harriet was put to sleep. The day before she’d been eating, drinking and running around the lounge as normal, they live indoors in a giant cage in the lounge, (we have another piggie, Ernie) then yesterday morning when I went down to get them out (they go into a pop up pen for breakfast, then have free roam of the lounge once they’ve eaten) Harri was so lethargic and didn’t want to come out, eventually she did but then we noticed in the pen she was bringing up green bile from her mouth, she was retching and doing it frequently. She wouldn’t eat or drink, I tried to syringe water into her mouth, but she didn’t want to know. As soon as I was able I called the vet and got her an appt. We couldn’t go in with her, because of Covid. The vet was lovely, came back to our car to tell us she’d found a big mass in Harri’s tummy and there was nothing to be done. She was still retching and bringing up the bile, the vet said the kindest thing we could do, was let her go, we had some time with our precious girl in the car, to say goodbye, then the vet took her. We took her home, it’s our son’s first ever pet loss and he is absolutely heartbroken, as are we, she was so gorgeous and lit up our lives, going to miss her, so very much. I just wondered if anyone had experienced anything the same, as she was so well and took a huge decline yesterday, just such a shock. I spent all afternoon cuddling her on my lap, we put her in the cage for a while so Ernie could say goodbye too.
My son chose the spot to bury her and we had a little ceremony, he wrote a letter which went in with her (he’s rising ten). I’m so devastated and feel numb with the loss, I’ve lost many furry family members since being a child and it never gets any easier. I barely slept and just keep crying. Sorry for the long post. Take care x
 
I'm sorry to hear your news. It will be little consolation, but you did the right thing and it sounds like she was a happy girl right up until the end. Rest in peace little Harriet, and love also to Ernie. You know you love them because they take a little piece of your heart when they go 💕
 
I’m so sorry to hear your news :( We had to have my Ellen pts last April. It was lockdown so we wasn’t allowed in with her which made it worse :( She too declined rapidly after having a uti and my vet could feel a lump kidney stone? Tumour? on her kidney so we felt it was kindest to have her pts.

Be kind to yourself as you grieve x
 
Claire W said:
I’m so sorry to hear your news :( We had to have my Ellen pts last April. It was lockdown so we wasn’t allowed in with her which made it worse :( She too declined rapidly after having a uti and my vet could feel a lump kidney stone? Tumour? on her kidney so we felt it was kindest to have her pts.

Be kind to yourself as you grieve x
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Thank you. I just can’t stop crying, I miss her so much. The vet said there was nothing they could do for Harriet and she was retching, bringing up bile, which was awful to see and must have been horrible for her. I’m so pleased she didn’t suffer, as the day before she was normal, so it was a very sudden decline and then she was gone, which is such an awful shock. I’m glad it’s my days off work now, so I can just rest. So pleased I found this forum, as I know people will understand on here, it’s so hard when people don’t.
So sorry to hear about Ellen last year, it’s so heartbreaking isn’t it, but I still think it’s ‘better to have loved than lost, than never have loved at all’ they bring so much joy ❤️ Xx
 
Free Ranger said:
I'm sorry to hear your news. It will be little consolation, but you did the right thing and it sounds like she was a happy girl right up until the end. Rest in peace little Harriet, and love also to Ernie. You know you love them because they take a little piece of your heart when they go 💕
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Thank you. So true. Miss her so much 😭💔. X
 
So sorry for the sudden loss. Rest well and be super kind to yourself. I hope your son will be OK. ❤️
 
Go gently with yourself as you grieve. You’ve lost a family member. Sadly they may be small pets but they leave blooming great holes in our hearts and our lives when they go. It’s all the worse when it’s sudden as you just aren’t prepared, but you clearly did the best thing for Harriet and also for Ernie so he could understand and say goodbye. Sounds like you gave her a lovely send off.
 
I’m so sorry you’ve lost Harriet, I know how devastated you must be feeling, treasure your sweet memories of her x
Sleep tight little lady 🌈
 
Jemima said:
So sorry for the sudden loss. Rest well and be super kind to yourself. I hope your son will be OK. ❤
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Thank you, we’ve had lots of tears and hugs today. He’s also chosen a gorgeous personalised slate to go on her grave xx
 
VickiA said:
Go gently with yourself as you grieve. You’ve lost a family member. Sadly they may be small pets but they leave blooming great holes in our hearts and our lives when they go. It’s all the worse when it’s sudden as you just aren’t prepared, but you clearly did the best thing for Harriet and also for Ernie so he could understand and say goodbye. Sounds like you gave her a lovely send off.
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So true! They really do, she was the sweetest girl; she was only with us for just over a year ( we re-homed her and Ernie) so her time was shorter than we thought it would be, but she was loved deeply and will be missed so. I’m thankful we could give her a loving home for the time that we did ❤️. Thank you for replying x
 
I'm so sorry that you've lost your beautiful girl. The amount we grieve for our pets is a measure of how much we love them. After 53 years of loving and losing pets I grieve as much now as I always have, but I think if I ever stopped doing that would be the time to stop having pets. It is obvious from your posts that Harriet was, and is, very loved, and that is the best you could have given her.
 
Her Nibship said:
I'm so sorry that you've lost your beautiful girl. The amount we grieve for our pets is a measure of how much we love them. After 53 years of loving and losing pets I grieve as much now as I always have, but I think if I ever stopped doing that would be the time to stop having pets. It is obvious from your posts that Harriet was, and is, very loved, and that is the best you could have given her.
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Thank you. I’ve loved and lost for 35 years, and you’re right if we didn’t grieve deeply, we shouldn’t have them. I feel so empty, just miss her presence, their (well Ernie’s now) cage is in the lounge, I loved coming down in the mornings and seeing her waiting at the door to come out, she was so loving and chatty too. I know the pain will get less raw soon but I’m absolutely heartbroken 💔😭.
 
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