Sovereign, part 2
Oct. 16th, 2011 08:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shade184Spoke to the vet, spoke to RSPCA, spoke to the inspector.
Sovereign's in very bad shape. He can't walk, and he's having problems breathing. However, he isn't in any pain, due to the nerve-affecting nature of the toxins. (Most animals in the wild who are bitten by ticks don't even notice, they just keep going until they lay down and die of heart faliure.)
After consulting with the vet, they explained the most humane thing do. I'm to keep him at home overnight, making sure he's warm, in the quiet and dark. Tomorrow morning, unless he passes away overnight, he's going up to the vet to be euthanised.
I don't feel sad about it at all - it's the disassociation kicking in, combined with the fact that this has happened to my many times before. (It's probably hit me like a freight train later, but that can be dealt with when it happens.) I'm just glad he's not in any pain.
Sovereign's in very bad shape. He can't walk, and he's having problems breathing. However, he isn't in any pain, due to the nerve-affecting nature of the toxins. (Most animals in the wild who are bitten by ticks don't even notice, they just keep going until they lay down and die of heart faliure.)
After consulting with the vet, they explained the most humane thing do. I'm to keep him at home overnight, making sure he's warm, in the quiet and dark. Tomorrow morning, unless he passes away overnight, he's going up to the vet to be euthanised.
I don't feel sad about it at all - it's the disassociation kicking in, combined with the fact that this has happened to my many times before. (It's probably hit me like a freight train later, but that can be dealt with when it happens.) I'm just glad he's not in any pain.
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