Mt. Zion Chins
Barb
Actually Rachel died 2 weeks ago. Until now I just could not put it into words. That is how I 'deal with things like that'. I cry like crazy when it happens. Then my mind 'puts it away' , letting it seep in a little at a time as the days go by. After 2 weeks I can finally deal with it.
Rachel was the chin that I have been hand feeding for 6 years. 6 years ago she went to the vet with teeth problems. She had her teeth filed down and was sent home. She did have x-rays at some point - it showed some root involvement. She went to the vets every 3-4 months to have her teeth filed and she bounced right back - happy as can be. She absolutely refused to eat on her own. I did try to get her to eat on her own but she just lost weight when it did. I had no problems at all when it came to hand feeding her. She opened her mouth like a bird when she saw the syringe. She kept a real good weight (about 750-780g) when had fed. Because she had to be hand fed, she went all over with me when I traveled. She had gone to Mass.,MI, Ohio, western PA, Tenn. several times when I visited my son, Maryland and VA. She was an experienced 'camper'
Unfortunately the last 6 months, she had to go to the vets about every 8 weeks. As time went on, it was getting shorter and shorter between visits. The last time she went to the vet, 2 tooth had to be removed because they were rotten. After that she really did not bounce back. She was eating fine, until the night before she died. I was going to take her to the vet the next day. That morning I found her dead.
She is very much missed. She is now pain free and eating on her own. Although I sometimes wondered if she didn't love the extra attention she got with the hand feeding and going everywhere with me. RIP Rachel - I will see you at the Rainbow bridge at some point.
Rachel was the chin that I have been hand feeding for 6 years. 6 years ago she went to the vet with teeth problems. She had her teeth filed down and was sent home. She did have x-rays at some point - it showed some root involvement. She went to the vets every 3-4 months to have her teeth filed and she bounced right back - happy as can be. She absolutely refused to eat on her own. I did try to get her to eat on her own but she just lost weight when it did. I had no problems at all when it came to hand feeding her. She opened her mouth like a bird when she saw the syringe. She kept a real good weight (about 750-780g) when had fed. Because she had to be hand fed, she went all over with me when I traveled. She had gone to Mass.,MI, Ohio, western PA, Tenn. several times when I visited my son, Maryland and VA. She was an experienced 'camper'
Unfortunately the last 6 months, she had to go to the vets about every 8 weeks. As time went on, it was getting shorter and shorter between visits. The last time she went to the vet, 2 tooth had to be removed because they were rotten. After that she really did not bounce back. She was eating fine, until the night before she died. I was going to take her to the vet the next day. That morning I found her dead.
She is very much missed. She is now pain free and eating on her own. Although I sometimes wondered if she didn't love the extra attention she got with the hand feeding and going everywhere with me. RIP Rachel - I will see you at the Rainbow bridge at some point.
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