19/10/2023
I knew when I started this Hamstery last year — that posting one of those goodbye post would be inevitable.
On September 16th, my sweet Oat passed away.
I wish I could tell you I knew why, but sadly, both the vet and I weren’t sure what was wrong.
I always try to remind myself, “All we can do, is the best we can, with the information we have.”
Sweet Oat, after raising a healthy litter of 6 pups, began having seizures.
At first, they were only once every few days, for a few seconds, but quickly they progressed to multiple times a day for up to 90 seconds at a time.
This was so heart breaking to watch, holding her and knowing there was nothing I could do to help her.
The vet and I tried to sort out why these seizures were happening, we ruled out the following — heart conditions, diabetes shock, ear infection, tumors, PTSD, and more.
She shared with me, that sadly we can try to treat this as best we can, but we’re guessing. There just isn’t enough research to sort out what’s wrong, especially after ruling out all the common causes we have studied.
We gave sweet Oat 0.3ml of steroids every 12 hours.
Oat was the first pup I kept, from the first litter at Happy Hamstery. 🥹
She was Pebble and Frappuccino‘s pup and such a sweet girl.
One of the hardest things I’ve found about being an ethical breeder, is knowing your trying so hard to better the species, one litter at a time, and yet there’s still so much out of your control.
A big thanks to my sweet friend Kelly, who gifted me this photo to me after Oat passed. It’s hanging in the Hamstery to remember sweet Oat forever. ❤️
The last photo I included, shows the x-ray we took on sweet Oat, and how she would always have loads of food stuffed in her cheeks. ✨🥹🥺
I’m sorry this took me so long to share, I just knew sharing this would make it so much more real, and I definitely wasn’t ready to say goodbye. ❤️
