xtremeroswellia: (Guinea Pig: Faith)
Faith died sometime this morning. The vet estimated it was around 2:30. I knew yesterday when she refused to eat...the way she cuddled under my chin. I just knew. She went to be with her baby brother.

Rest in peace, Miss Faith. I miss you already.

If anyone wants to visit her memorial at Rainbow Bridge, it's: here.

And Bosco's memorial is here.
xtremeroswellia: (Guinea Pigs: R.I.P. Bosco)
Hammie died sometime either late last night or early this morning. Mom found him this afternoon when she came home from work. It looks like he just curled up and went to sleep.

My journey with this hamster has been an unusual one. For those who were on my friend's list this time last year, I had fostered this hamster for a family that came into shelter Mid-November of 2007, just days after my Bozzie died. I originally met them because they had 13 guinea pigs they were trying to sell and I was looking for a new cage mate for Faith. Those guinea pigs weren't being very well taken care of either. So when the family came into shelter, the thirteen piggies went to the local guinea pig rescue. In a way it sort of felt like Bozzie's death saved their lives. But I took and fostered Hammie for three months before returning him to them in Mid-January when they moved out.

They came back into shelter this past October, and once I again I took Hammie. This time, however, I did not give him back when they left, because they hadn't been taking care of him. When they brought him to me, he seemed to recognize me from last year, weird as that might sound. I feel like he was supposed to be mine...because he came back to me. And now it's my turn to give him back to the universe.

Rest in peace, Hammie. You were a very sweet little hamster, and I loved you. Tell Bozzie I miss him when you see him at the Bridge.
xtremeroswellia: (Guinea Pigs: R.I.P. Bosco)
To my dear friend [livejournal.com profile] tim_80 for renewing Bosco's residency at Rainbow Bridge. You are awesome. ♥
xtremeroswellia: (Guinea Pigs: R.I.P. Bosco)
Word Count: 20,501 words.

Now I'm tired, my wrists hurt, and I think I'm catching whatever bug my mom's been sick with.

Also? Today is exactly one day since Bozzie died. I've kept myself pretty busy so as not to dwell on it, but it felt wrong to let it go by without acknowledging it. The lady who runs Rainbow Bridge, the website, sent me a very sweet email today to let me know she was thinking about me on the anniversary.
xtremeroswellia: (Um)
My dream started off with Bosco (my deceased guinea pig). I had somehow found a way to bring him back to life. But it only lasted for like an hour. But I'd captured it on video tape and had taken it in to show my coworkers Nabila and Vivian.

As I was contemplating how to bring him back permanently, I sat down to watch a new episode of Third Watch (which was cancelled ages ago, so weird...) and it was a normal start to an episode and all of a sudden Kim turned around and there was this huge wave of water crashing into the city and the Statue of Liberty was floating down the street.

At which point there was an interruption from the news saying that New York had been wiped out entirely by a flood and that the flood was spreading from there all across the country.

So everyone was packing their stuff and hopping into cars and driving as far West as they could. I was trying to figure out how to get all the stuff I would need into a small car with my parents. I packed up all kinds of stuff for my piggies, every CD I owned, and a few clothes. *scratches head* I drove to Lea's house as she was packing her stuff and hugged her and told her goodbye and I loved her and I hoped she'd make it to safety because she was heading somewhere different from me. I knew I was never going to see her again.

So then somehow I was to safety and was watching the news coverage and such of everyone else trying to make it to safety and it flashed on a couple people who'd gone to Alaska and they were walking across all the ice and snow and the ice got very thin and they were afraid they were going to fall through so they laid down on their stomachs and the girl was peering down through the ice and a huge polar bear swam right toward her and crashed through the ice. O.o And then it said, "To find out what happened, go see the movie."

WTF?

I have the weirdest dreams ever.
xtremeroswellia: (R.I.P. Bosco)
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Six months ago. )

Well hell.

Feb. 26th, 2008 03:41 pm
xtremeroswellia: (R.I.P. Bosco)
Grief strikes at really bizarre times and hurts beyond words.
xtremeroswellia: (Default)
I am really, really torn here guys.

Bosco died on Nov. 2, leaving Faith by herself. My natural inclination is to get another piggie friend for her, but honest to God, I'm scared. Losing Bozzie was...harder than losing relatives. Which probably sounds terrible, but he was my buddy.

Faith is too, and we've bonded even more since Bosco died. She's eating normally and wheeking for food but still hides in her pigloo a lot (which she did even before he passed away)...but I don't know if getting another pig is the best thing or not. I don't know if she's lonely. I give her tons of attention when I'm here but I work during the day five days a week.

I really need some advice guys. :/
xtremeroswellia: (Bosco Bear: cuddle with me)
It's over. He's gone. We had to have him put to sleep because he kept having convulsions and he was in pain.

Nanowhato?

Nov. 1st, 2007 04:46 pm
xtremeroswellia: (Default)
I'm not saying for sure I'm dropping out, but Bosco is very sick. Had to make an emergency vet trip. Not looking good. Staying home tomorrow to take care of him. Please pray for him if you believe in prayer. I'm very freaked out.

Stuffez...

Jul. 5th, 2007 11:31 am
xtremeroswellia: (Bosco Bear: cuddle with me)
Just a quick update--between deadline, the office moving across town next week and Bosco being sick, I haven't been around much. I don't know when I'll be around again on a semi-regular basis. Things here are mad crazy and I'm not getting a whole lot of sleep.

Bosco IS doing better, but we're having to handfeed him *everything* because the stupid vet trimmed his teeth too short. On top of that, his bottom left tooth is fractured and infected so the SECOND, better vet prescribed him an antibiotic and pain killer. We're having to mush pellets with water and syringe it into his mouth to make sure he gets enough fiber and vitamin C. We tear up shreds of veggies and such for him, and have been hand feeding him hay. Each feeding takes about an hour to an hour and a half. Hence my not being on at home like, hardly at all.

But if you've commented/emailed me and I haven't gotten back with you, I'm *really* sorry. I'll get with you as soon as possible, cross my heart.

If you've written a fic I should read, leave me a comment here with the link and I'll get to that when I get some time, as well. I'm not keeping up with my flist very well this week. :/ Sorry guys!!

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