Posted By: glidrz5
Zoe's Gone - 04/29/04 01:30 AM
Zoe passed over the Rainbow Bridge early Friday morning. She had been into the vet's the week before for a mouth infection and was on Baytril to clear it up. I had seen her at the food and water dishes and she would be up moving around though she wasn't as active as normal.
Then on Thursday after giving her medicine, I noticed that she was limping on one of her back legs. I took her out of the large cage and placed her in a carry case while I called the vet's office. Unfortunately, my vet was out of the office for the day and there was no other vet on duty. So I got an appointment for the first thing in the morning. Since she was a little cold, I placed the carry case on a heating pad and made sure that Zoe had a few grapes to nibble on. A few hours later she was worse off than before and I was afraid that she would not last the night, so I called the vet's emergency number. He met me at his office at 9pm and gave Zoe fluids, pain meds and antibiotics. The only other thing we could do was keep her warm, so he told me to keep her on the heating pad. By 1am she seemed to be doing better, she was more alert and moving around easier. So after giving her some fresh grapes I went on to bed.
Sometime during the night, she crawled out of her pouch and got on top of it so she was away from the heating pad and got cold. When I found her early that morning she was cold to the touch and having siezures. I placed her directly on the heating pad to warm her and fed her some honey. The siezures eased up and she started to look more alert and was actually trying to eat the honey on her own without me placing it in her mouth. I had less than an hour before my vet appointment, and I sat with her and petted her while she lay in her pouch on the heating pad. When it was time to get her ready to go, I realized that she was no longer breathing. She had passed away in my hands without me realizing it. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crying.gif" alt="" />
I had a necropsy done to discover what could have caused her death and to be sure that whatever it was wasn't a danger to Sassy and Nicky (her cagemates). When I got the results on Monday, my vet told me that even though she was only 5, her liver and kidneys showed signs of old age. There was nothing that I had done that caused this or that could have been done to prevent it. He thought it was most likely genetic.
Zoe is now across the Rainbow Bridge with her adopted Mommy Bobbie and her brother Toby. I know they will keep her company and love her until we can be together again.
Then on Thursday after giving her medicine, I noticed that she was limping on one of her back legs. I took her out of the large cage and placed her in a carry case while I called the vet's office. Unfortunately, my vet was out of the office for the day and there was no other vet on duty. So I got an appointment for the first thing in the morning. Since she was a little cold, I placed the carry case on a heating pad and made sure that Zoe had a few grapes to nibble on. A few hours later she was worse off than before and I was afraid that she would not last the night, so I called the vet's emergency number. He met me at his office at 9pm and gave Zoe fluids, pain meds and antibiotics. The only other thing we could do was keep her warm, so he told me to keep her on the heating pad. By 1am she seemed to be doing better, she was more alert and moving around easier. So after giving her some fresh grapes I went on to bed.
Sometime during the night, she crawled out of her pouch and got on top of it so she was away from the heating pad and got cold. When I found her early that morning she was cold to the touch and having siezures. I placed her directly on the heating pad to warm her and fed her some honey. The siezures eased up and she started to look more alert and was actually trying to eat the honey on her own without me placing it in her mouth. I had less than an hour before my vet appointment, and I sat with her and petted her while she lay in her pouch on the heating pad. When it was time to get her ready to go, I realized that she was no longer breathing. She had passed away in my hands without me realizing it. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crying.gif" alt="" />
I had a necropsy done to discover what could have caused her death and to be sure that whatever it was wasn't a danger to Sassy and Nicky (her cagemates). When I got the results on Monday, my vet told me that even though she was only 5, her liver and kidneys showed signs of old age. There was nothing that I had done that caused this or that could have been done to prevent it. He thought it was most likely genetic.
Zoe is now across the Rainbow Bridge with her adopted Mommy Bobbie and her brother Toby. I know they will keep her company and love her until we can be together again.