Recent content by Penelope88

It was 76 degrees out today :hmm: (there should still be snow on the ground ...), so we took Vlad outside to play. It seemed like he enjoyed it, and we managed to get a few cute pictures.

Had a photo shoot today with Vlad since we haven't gotten any decent pictures of him yet ... and apparently he isn't feeling very festive. :laughitup:

Clue1: all of my chins are mutations Clue2: One of my favorite places to visit is Seattle, WA Clue3: I'm a huge SF Giants fan I've got it narrowed down ... but a few people don't have any pictures of their chins and I can't find anyone talking about the Giants, so now I'm stuck. :hmm:

Holy Fleece, Batman! We just got our SS gifts and everything is AWESOME! Vlad got not one, but two snuggle bags. I immediately ran over and put one in his cage ... he was inside it before I set it down and I don't think we will be seeing him again anytime soon. It's so much better than the soda...

Dear Secret Santa, Other than rattling my cage door at 2am and a few episodes of launching poop at mom, I've been very good this year. I know that we will love anything you send, but if you need some ideas - I could really use a hay box (I dump all my hay out of my flower pot and try to sleep in...

I've been really depressed since I lost Penelope. I hadn't planned on getting another animal, because I don't know if I can go through that again ... but then I saw this little guy. He has the cutest face, and I just melted. So, I'd like to introduce you to the newest member of the family - Vlad!

Yes its true you've only one side of the story ... and I would love to have a way for everyone to hear the vet's side's of the story, including myself - since all I got out of her was she died, her teeth were fine I did everything correctly so I don't know what to tell you and here's your bill...

Where can you go to get a necropsy done? Is there any way to find out if it was something they did? I just find it hard to believe she was to sick to be put under (yet they did it anyway.) Is there any research to prove that injections are worse than using gas?

You were the best friend I've ever had. You loved me no matter what, and you always knew just how to cheer me up when I felt down. I did everything I could, and tried so hard to find out what was wrong - and perhaps it was my fault for leaving you in the hands of that vet just to get an answer...

They didn't gas her they used an injection. The vet yelled at me on the phone to stop crying and let her know if I wanted to come pick Penelope up. I got there, she basically implied it was my fault because she was sick, she did the xrays anyway but her teeth were perfect (I don't know I didn't...

The vet just called ... she never came out of it ... she died while under anesthesia. I don't even know what to say ... I feel like my whole world just collapsed.

I feel like the worst mom in the world =[ ! I checked on her this morning and she had little tiny poops, so I'm terrified that there's something wrong with her stomach on top of everything else so I panicked and called the first vet. I dropped her off at 8:30, they're going to do the x-rays and...

I was afraid it would just be a waste, it didn't make a lot of sense not to put her under but I don't really have a ton of options at this point, I'm pretty much reaching for anything. Well I live literally on the NY/PA border. I'm basically right in the middle if you drew a circle around...

UGH! It's not bad vet germs in the water ... it's just plain stupidity. Its taken 3 days and 6 phone calls to get the results from the bloodwork. I guess everything is good except protein and glucose are elevated. They can't get me in anytime soon for CT. I found another hospital with 3...

I was probably just being a paranoid, over-protective chin mom. It just irritated me that they never even mentioned it, she could have chewed a piece off and swallowed it and then I would have had an even bigger problem. She's still pretty mad, and she hasn't really come out of her tube since...