Hermes was so clumsy he was cute. His pot belly caused him to waddle, and he carried his long, bald, rat tail up in the air, as he scampered all over the room.Such a happy boy. He was not a surgical candidate, because he had a mass in his abdomen ( a large one which was surmised inoperable) After his lupron shot, his appearance became even more comical. He re-grew a strip of long fur along his backbone, but nowhere else. The shot relieved the itchiness & some of the urine problems, and he felt better, but the rest of the fur never came back. He had one bout of flu, this past year, but otherwise, acted healthy & pain free, until a few weeks ago. He began to slow down.You know the rest of the story, I`m sure, as you`ve heard it many times before....

 

He still ate, drank, and toddled around the room, but for shorter & shorter periods of time. He clung to life--he loved it, so much...

 

He left us last night, between 7 & 7:30. I will miss our  optimistic, funny little boy. He just drifted away from us, in his own good time. I had given a light dose of pain meds, just to be sure he wasn`t uncomfortable. Bless his heart. I wish he could have joined us sooner...

 

Aries is very crabby now--and he never has gotten along with the others. I will have to see if we can change that...

 

                                         Love, Zoo