It's taken me a long time to do this, but I've finally sorted through Curly's pictures and put togther a bit of a memorial.
I had a quite a lot of photos considering that we only had eight months together.
Last winter I lost our first two rats, Krycek and Rizzo. Both had multiple tumors and had to be put to sleep, which I found very painful and hard to do. At the time I assumed it'd be easier to take if a rat passed away naturally.
I'm not sure it was easier in this case. Coming home and finding Curly was a shock...and although it didn't matter to him, not saying goodbye has bothered me.
On the other hand, I'm grateful that he did not live out his final days in pain and suffering. And although there's no way to know for sure, he certainly looked peaceful when I found him, like he truly had slipped away in his sleep. I hope that was the case.
Posted by Abita at November 17, 2003 04:51 PM