Friday, September 30, 2005 . 11:59 PM
* Farewell to Yuanyuan *
Originally i had 2 cute fat hamsters adn they gave birth to 4 cute little ones, of which one was black whom we named Bearbear. We gave one white boy away to an ex neighbour and as the story goes, it died early this yr. One baby gal named Lady bcos she was the smallest amongst all. She has also passed on, sadly she was sick all her life. My beloved daddy hamster, Xiaoxiao(despite the name, he was a big one..) also went away but i had the chance to be there when he passed on and i cried for a long time.
Yuanyuan has never really been our favourite bcos he kinda stinks all the time. He used to b soo fat n round(hence the name..) but very sadly towards the end of his life, he was having tumors all over his body. And the worse thing was he bit into his tumor, exposing bare flesh. Sometimes thru his biting he actually cleared the tumor, the tumor was juz gone..but as he grew older the tumors got bigger and it didn't go away. Strangely Yuanyuan barely shown any signs of pain, he could eat as much as usual(but lost alot of weight aldy) and run and play...I contemplated bringing him to the vet, to see if there's anything to b done. Some pple suggested putting him out of his misery =( . But it seemed he was still able to eat n play so i tot juz let him be...mayb something to ease his pain or heal his wounds?
I never tot he would go off as suddenly as this. He didn't really show any signs ...recently i always make it a point to wake my sleeping hamsters to make sure they aren't dead (bcos they are so old aldy...) I came home, saw them all asleep again today and i tried waking him up but he didn't move. And i tot to myself, gosh..the time has finally came. Went into my room and cried for a pretty long time b4 i could compose myself, brought him downstairs to b buried. Yicai came along even tho he was having a very bad time with his illness. I felt so sad. So sad that at the end of it all, i don think he really enjoyed his life on earth. And wat's more unbearable is the tot that one day..the 2 remaining hamsters will leave too. And i'm really upset abt that cos i know they are also old aldy...3 cages...now i have to keep away one..and then sooner or later..i will no longer need anymore cages and have to keep all three of them. =(
I can't imagine...the day that my rabbit has to leave mi. I think i will cry myself to death.
Bye Yuanyuan. I know u are happier this way.
(photos are below..)
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