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Esme

 

I didn’t want to write this post. I’d hoped we’d have longer. I hoped she’d live forever. I hoped that it would be peaceful.

At least I got my final hope.

All day Sunday all Esme wanted to do was cuddle. You’d put her down to go to the loo, and she’d be at the front of the cage waiting for you to come back. I feared it was the start of the end so indulged her constant demand for cuddles. I don’t think she left my lap much from 8.30am to 11pm when I went to bed. When I went to bed Rhys because the defacto cushion and stayed up with her for longer.

 

Esme

Coming down on Monday morning I was honestly shocked to find her still alive, and stroking her head thought she could do with some warming up and cuddles in bed.


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So we went up. I placed a pillow under my arm, and her on a towel on top of that. Pulled the duvet over us and we stayed like that for a while. Telling her I loved her, telling her that it was okay and we’d miss her and that we loved loved loved her.

I called Rhys in from the shower as she drifted off, we got one final pet of her before she drifted off, as peaceful as it could be.

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We’re both heartbroken.

For the first time in 4 years we’re rat less. Crafty Little Rat has no rats for now. We’ve dismantled the big cage, maybe one day it will be used again but for now our hearts are too raw. We hurt too much and we need a break. We miss them all terribly, and it’s strange to come back to just the Hamster in the house.

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Comments

  1. Unknown24 February 2015 at 18:05

    She was beautiful, Hannah. I'm glad she got to be close to you when she knew it was her time. <3 Love love love to you guys

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