Death of Pet

Post by **Skyone** » Sat May 19, 2007 4:35 pm

My hamster, Pepper, had been slowing down for about a month at the age of 2 years and a few months old, but today he finally took his departure.

RIP Pepper
March 2005 - May 2007

How have you guys handled your pets deaths? I feel so empty without him and have no clue what to do.

ShockSlayer · Post by **ShockSlayer** » Sat May 19, 2007 5:55 pm

I've seen so many deaths of this sort, it doesnt hurt. It's just empty.

Gives me more time to concentrate.

SS

Post by **Skyone** » Sat May 19, 2007 6:23 pm

Ya, once you give it a bit of time, it gets better. We just buried him, and that relieved much off of my shoulders. Of course, he'll always be in my heart, but life goes on.

toby dawg · Post by **toby dawg** » Sat May 19, 2007 6:32 pm

well it lived a long happy life. move on. How can you get attached to a hamster? i dont know.....

atari2600a · Post by **atari2600a** » Sat May 19, 2007 7:08 pm

I've seen various kittens die. Hell, sometimes I'll just be walking in my back yard & I'll see a dead kitten! Also, one time last winter, this one cat died close to the back porch, & everyone was sick, so it didn't get buried until a month later. Luckily, that winter, every night met freezing tempuratures (EXTREMELY cold temperatures, whilst talking about Sacramento), so it didn't decompose, just some maggots here & there.

Also among animals I've seen & go: Ducks (about 5 to be exact), 2 hampsters, a gold fish, & 2 goats, although they don't count, because we where the ones who killed them...and them ate them...

Kurt_ · Post by **Kurt_** » Sat May 19, 2007 7:13 pm

When my hamster died (Grade 7, I believe, which would make me 12) I cried for a bit but after the day was over I was better. We buried him in the backyard, and planted tulips over him by accident years later. Hamsters make good fertilizer.

ganonbanned · Post by **ganonbanned** » Sat May 19, 2007 7:36 pm

man that really sucks.

I remember back when I had goldfish I had one that lived for 4 years. I got him at the fair. he was really big. I cried when he died.

jperryss · Post by **jperryss** » Sun May 20, 2007 11:58 am

Sorry to hear that man. I've lost more pets in my lifetime than I care to recall. It's never easy, but in time you WILL get over it (mostly, if not fully, depending on how attached you were and how long you had said pet for).

Then you can get another one, maybe, that looks just like your former pet.

Twisted Warthog · Post by **Twisted Warthog** » Sun May 20, 2007 12:34 pm

Last year when my dog left this world she was 13 the same age as me. I literally grew up with her it felt like losing apart of my life. Took me about a year to recover from that. Thats really the only pet ive lost so far except a few fish that lived for like a couple of weeks since they all ate each other.

Lady Indecisive · Post by **Lady Indecisive** » Sun May 20, 2007 1:08 pm

I had a canary once. One day we forgot to put blankets over the window and a small draft came in. Poor thing froze. It took me maybe 2 weeks to get over losing her.

cowsgoquack101 · Post by **cowsgoquack101** » Sun May 20, 2007 1:15 pm

toby dawg wrote:well it lived a long happy life. move on. How can you get attached to a hamster? i dont know.....

Oh yeah thanks for that. Heartless bastard.

Sorry to hear him go sky. To tell you the truth I just kind of live with it. When my dog died I shed some tears and trudged through it. You'll feel better in a little while.

joevennix · Post by **joevennix** » Sun May 20, 2007 3:14 pm

Poor poor lil pepper