kirstenroche
09-18-2004, 09:04 PM
I bought the sweetest friendliest little 8-week-old hedgehog on August 30tt, from what seemed to be a pet store with healthy, relatively happy animals. 3 days ago, Petey (the hedgie) died! I cried for hours, I had bonded really quickly with the little guy.
I came home after school that day and went to take him out. His back legs seemed to be hurting or paralyzed, he wouldn't walk on them, just drag himself around. Of course I immediately called the vet. He said to bring Petey in the next night, as it was closing right away and he should be fine. From the internet, I could tell that he must have had Wobbly Hedgehog Syndrome (a neurologicAL disorder that could over a few weeks, kill him). So I kept him warm and comfy, until I went out to a movie with some of my friends. 2 hours later, I got home and took a shower. I was about to go to bed and checked on him. He was laying on his side, legs staright out. At first I thought he fell over, so I touched him. He was friggin cold and hard! I screamed, dove across the room, and burst into tears. I still have trouble dealing with/accepting it (it's only been a few days yet, I'm not good with dealing with this kind of thing).
Anywho, mommy called the pet store and talked to them. I had him two weeks and he was so tiny and that stupid disease didn't even give him a chance! They apologized and extending the refundable date (usually 5 days, but they said it was so horrible they'de give me a refund or a free, HEALTHY hedgehog). They're also gonna talk tot the breeder about the fact that she sold them unhealthy animals.
I also found out yesterday that he might have had internal problems...When I bought him he pooped on me in the store: It was all green and sort of liquid-ish, but the guy just laughed and acted like it was normal. WELL IT'S NOT! They're supposed to be brown and pellets. I'm so friggin pissed off.
So now I'll either go back to Edmonton where I bought him and check out the newer ones, or probably take the refund. I want to find one where they WON'T sell me something that's sick. I feel like crap now, for not doing enough research on hedgies before hand:(
AH! And today, I went into the freezer for some Veggie Ground Round to put in my spaghetti sauce, unaware that my dad put the body of my deceased baby in a ziploc and in the basement freezer (to store before the funeral), and GRABBED IT! Again, I screamed, ran to my room, and cried more. I thought he was a bag of my "meat", and grabbed the lifeless, frozen body. I want to die.
Anyway, thanks for listening to(well, reading) my long story of crapiness.
I came home after school that day and went to take him out. His back legs seemed to be hurting or paralyzed, he wouldn't walk on them, just drag himself around. Of course I immediately called the vet. He said to bring Petey in the next night, as it was closing right away and he should be fine. From the internet, I could tell that he must have had Wobbly Hedgehog Syndrome (a neurologicAL disorder that could over a few weeks, kill him). So I kept him warm and comfy, until I went out to a movie with some of my friends. 2 hours later, I got home and took a shower. I was about to go to bed and checked on him. He was laying on his side, legs staright out. At first I thought he fell over, so I touched him. He was friggin cold and hard! I screamed, dove across the room, and burst into tears. I still have trouble dealing with/accepting it (it's only been a few days yet, I'm not good with dealing with this kind of thing).
Anywho, mommy called the pet store and talked to them. I had him two weeks and he was so tiny and that stupid disease didn't even give him a chance! They apologized and extending the refundable date (usually 5 days, but they said it was so horrible they'de give me a refund or a free, HEALTHY hedgehog). They're also gonna talk tot the breeder about the fact that she sold them unhealthy animals.
I also found out yesterday that he might have had internal problems...When I bought him he pooped on me in the store: It was all green and sort of liquid-ish, but the guy just laughed and acted like it was normal. WELL IT'S NOT! They're supposed to be brown and pellets. I'm so friggin pissed off.
So now I'll either go back to Edmonton where I bought him and check out the newer ones, or probably take the refund. I want to find one where they WON'T sell me something that's sick. I feel like crap now, for not doing enough research on hedgies before hand:(
AH! And today, I went into the freezer for some Veggie Ground Round to put in my spaghetti sauce, unaware that my dad put the body of my deceased baby in a ziploc and in the basement freezer (to store before the funeral), and GRABBED IT! Again, I screamed, ran to my room, and cried more. I thought he was a bag of my "meat", and grabbed the lifeless, frozen body. I want to die.
Anyway, thanks for listening to(well, reading) my long story of crapiness.