RoxieFaye
10-16-2005, 11:26 AM
Hello everyone. This might not be the right place to post this, so if it isn't I apologize.
I am so sorry that I haven't been to this board in months and months. Life has been quite hectic for me for quite a while. Quillson and I both have struggled with health problems for a while.
I just thought that you all might like to know that my sweet hedgehog baby Quillson passed away Friday, October 14, 2005. I believe that he had WHS because he had all the symptoms. He had been showing them since January and just was on a steady decline since then.
First he lost the use of his left back leg, then the right back leg. This caused tons of problems because since he couldn't feel them he would tear at them with his front feet and caused big wounds on his feet. He ripped off two of his toenails on each foot and on the right even managed to go to the bone. I did finally get them to heal over about 3 weeks with constant cleaning and bandaging.
Quickly after that though he started losing control of his entire left side of his body. He could barely pull himself around with his front feet, so he spent 24/7 with me so I could keep him comfortable, hydrated, and fed.
Then, just last week I knew he was going to go because he stopped eating and couldn't move hardly at all.
It was such a long process and just broke my heart so very much. Once, last week, I was giving him water through the syringe and I hugged him close and kissed his nose and he looked at me for a second and then licked me right on the tip of my nose. I just busted out crying and knew instinctively, right then, that he was going soon. I really believe he was telling me that he was going to be okay and that he knew how much I love him.
I really feel like I've lost a best friend. I have lost a best friend. Quillson was so much to me for the last 2 years. (He was in fact, two years old this month.) I have been through a lot of death in my life, both my parents and a brother who suddenly died in 2003, but honestly nothing hurt like losing Quillson. I'm still crying writing this post.
He is really going to be missed. He already is...
My brother and his shop teacher are building Quillson a coffin and it will be done Monday, so for the time being Quillson is wrapped in vellux in our freezer. Just the thought of that makes me sick, but it's only one more day...
Anyway, thank you all so much for all your support of Quillson and I for the last 2 years. I know that I'll be ready to get another hedgehog in a few months, so I hope someone in the Virigina area (I'll be moving to VA soon...) will have one ready then...
Thanks everyone.
I am so sorry that I haven't been to this board in months and months. Life has been quite hectic for me for quite a while. Quillson and I both have struggled with health problems for a while.
I just thought that you all might like to know that my sweet hedgehog baby Quillson passed away Friday, October 14, 2005. I believe that he had WHS because he had all the symptoms. He had been showing them since January and just was on a steady decline since then.
First he lost the use of his left back leg, then the right back leg. This caused tons of problems because since he couldn't feel them he would tear at them with his front feet and caused big wounds on his feet. He ripped off two of his toenails on each foot and on the right even managed to go to the bone. I did finally get them to heal over about 3 weeks with constant cleaning and bandaging.
Quickly after that though he started losing control of his entire left side of his body. He could barely pull himself around with his front feet, so he spent 24/7 with me so I could keep him comfortable, hydrated, and fed.
Then, just last week I knew he was going to go because he stopped eating and couldn't move hardly at all.
It was such a long process and just broke my heart so very much. Once, last week, I was giving him water through the syringe and I hugged him close and kissed his nose and he looked at me for a second and then licked me right on the tip of my nose. I just busted out crying and knew instinctively, right then, that he was going soon. I really believe he was telling me that he was going to be okay and that he knew how much I love him.
I really feel like I've lost a best friend. I have lost a best friend. Quillson was so much to me for the last 2 years. (He was in fact, two years old this month.) I have been through a lot of death in my life, both my parents and a brother who suddenly died in 2003, but honestly nothing hurt like losing Quillson. I'm still crying writing this post.
He is really going to be missed. He already is...
My brother and his shop teacher are building Quillson a coffin and it will be done Monday, so for the time being Quillson is wrapped in vellux in our freezer. Just the thought of that makes me sick, but it's only one more day...
Anyway, thank you all so much for all your support of Quillson and I for the last 2 years. I know that I'll be ready to get another hedgehog in a few months, so I hope someone in the Virigina area (I'll be moving to VA soon...) will have one ready then...
Thanks everyone.