we got pigpig a friend from the very same pet shop last friday. the bus ride was horrendously long but it was all worthwhile when we got there as cowcow caught both of our eyes immediately. she (who was mistaken to be a boy by the pet shop owner) was sitting in the food bowl eating away happily. she was really cute &tiny. we were so happy to have her as pigpig's friend!
everything seemed so good..going well as planned until yk realized there was blood in her pee at my place. that was abnormal, obviously. so we decided to bring the both of them to see the vet to have a proper health check the next day. this is where it got really bad..cowcow has urinary tract infection which got complicated &caused her bladder to balloon since she couldn't pass out the urine properly. the vet squeezed her really hard at the bladder so she could get some pee for tests &that really hurt her real bad..so much so her bladder raptured at that time. my God, poor cowcow..she was just motionless after that &we thought she was just traumatized by the whole ordeal. little did we know, she was actually in immense pain..sigh. we only came to know when we picked up the cage, she just fell onto her side &was unable to get up. we were in shock &immediately told the vet about it..she advised to have cowcow operated in the bladder as it was raptured.
sigh..we were so afraid she was not going to make it. she was so tiny &to go under the knife..i think it's a big, big risk but we didn't have a choice. so we went back to yk's place without her &waited for the vet to call. thank God, cowcow survived &she was put under observation. but she never got better..she couldn't eat/drink on her own anymore. we were still thinking of bringing her back to take care of her as it seemed like her days were numbered already.
the very next morning, cowcow passed away. going back to see her was really painful..even though we have not bonded with her, we were very upset as she was too young to have gone through all these..however i am sure she is in a happier place now, free from all the pain & suffering. somehow she touched a very soft spot of my heart..it is really sad to think about the whole incident..sigh.
thank God, pigpig is in the pink of health &we care for him even more so these days. getting him a friend will have to be postponed i guess..
in loving memory of cowcow..
