Pet Blues

On August 2, 2011, my guinea pig, Brian, had to be put to sleep. He had Pneumonia, some type of cancer that destroyed his immune system, and some disease that messed with his brain making him unable to swallow and see. Actually, when we first took Brian to the vet, only the Pneumonia was noticed. So, we got a nebulizar (he-he sorry I don't know how to spell that. Just sound it out or something) for the piggy! And we hooked it up to a box, put the piggy in the box, filled the thingy with some medicine, and vwala! Piggy treatment! Then, the piggy stopped eating. We tried to force feed him, but almost no food was going in! We took him to the vet again, and all the things wrong with him were discovered. He had to be put to sleep.
The way I deal with it is to almost pretend that he isn't gone. I have a booklet containing all his pictures, I'm writing letters to him-almost like a diary- and talking to him! It also helps to have another guinea pig, Corey, who is Brian's brother. How do you deal with pets dying? That's actually an OK question, but a hard one to answer.
By the way, SO sorry that I haven't posted recently.
Also, guess where we got Brian and Corey? The Humane Society! They actually, at the moment, have 2 guinea pigs up for adoption, right now! But, you have to get them together- they're sisters and want to stay together. :p
I sound like an ad -.-

Help the Seattle Humane Society Win $100,000 in the ASPCA $100k challenge!

Help the Seattle Humane Society Win $100,000 in the ASPCA $100k Challenge!   Support your favorite local shelter and help the Seattle Humane Society win $100,000 through the ASPCA $100k Challenge! The first leg of the contest ends April 15 and you can vote every day. On April 15, the animal shelters with the most votes will move on to the second part of the challenge and closer to the $100k grand prize.  VOTE NOW for the Seattle Humane Society at:  challenge.aspcapro.org/vote-your-shelter   What would we do with $100,000? The Seattle Humane Society vet clinic provides medical care to thousands of animals every year. Our shelter and public spay/neuter surgeries are routinely limited due to recovery cage space - particularly for the larger dogs. Our veterinary staff does an incredible job with the space they have. With $100,000 we could improve our clinic, make more pets adoptable, and perform more low-fee spay/neuter surgeries for pets in our community.  Every vote can make a big difference – so vote today and every day through April 15. Tell your friends and family to vote too! Share it via email, Facebook, Twitter, or your personal blog and website and help the Seattle Humane Society do more for the animals than ever before.  What’s next? If we are a finalist, we move onto the next round where our goal is to save 300 more animals from August to October of 2011, than we saved during the same period in 2010. It’s all about saving more lives- and with the community's help, we can do it!  Pictures included in this: In order. They were installed on the side. Basically, vote and help the Humane Society! I am a big supporter of donations and helping societies and stuff like that.