The Death of Zoey

Yes, that's right.  We had another death.  This time the hamster died.  Now I realize that hamsters, gerbils, mice and rats do not live long but I think we set a record.  We got poor Zoey as a baby right after we moved into this house.  That would have been three months ago.  Zoey was barely weaned when we got her and she was so small and so cute.

We had a nice little cage I picked up from a garage sale a couple of summers ago and I held onto it until we moved into a bigger house.  As soon as we moved we headed for the pet store.

Well, a couple of days ago I noticed that Zoey just wasn't acting quite right.  She never played on her ball and she just kind of laid around.  I spent quite a bit of time holding her and I gave Bailey a heads up on Sunday that she was dying.  She looked dehydrated and he tail was all wet.  Turns out she had a hamster disease called wet tail.  Go figure.

So, Monday morning just before Bailey left for band, I looked in the cage and poor Zoey was laying there lifeless.  I pulled Tony to the side and explained the situation and we made a plan for him to tell her right after band as they headed for the pet store.

I know, we are so horrible.  When one animal dies we just replace it with another.  I have to wonder what type of message that is giving her.  I am sure hoping that when Grandma passes, Bailey is not expecting us to go get another one.

At any rate,  Bailey and Tony came home with Xavier.  He is a cute little guy.  Has a bit of a pension for biting though but I am sure he will get better with a little bit of attention.  Zoey was sitting in a box waiting for Bailey to come home.  She help her for a while and she is back in the box.  Tomorrow I am going to look for a good spot in the yard to bury her.

I was a little surprised by Coty though.  He never really paid much attention to Zoey but he was definitely a bit stressed and depressed by her passing.  I didn't really expect that at all.....