We came home from work around 3:30 this afternoon to find Loki in the bottom of his cage, barely alive. I scooped him up, his eyes were pinning in and out rapidly. I called the vet and was told to bring him in ASAP!
I put him in the small travel crate and headed there. He sat in my lap and was chirping very quietly and I could tell he was struggling to do that. About 2 blocks from the vets I was sitting at a red light when I heard him let out this horrible screech and then gurgle. I pulled over as soon as the light turned green but it was too late... he was gone.
I started bawling my eyes out to the point they are still swollen and puffy. I called the vet from my cell phone and told them what happend and asked what to do. he told me to go ahead and bring him in.
When I got there they were waiting for me and rushed him into the back. I sat in the waiting room for what seemed to be hours crying my eyes out in front of these strangers. One was very nice and offered to buy me a soda from the store next door. The others looked at me like I was crazy. About 30 mins later, they came out and told me he was gone..
They said he choked on a tiny peice of his cuttle bone and showed me the piece..
I called Reggie and told him what happened. H e could barely understand me through the tears but heard enough to say "take out the cuttlebone from Pepsi's cage... Loki's gone". I sat in thier waiting room for about another 20 mins trying to gather my thoughts before I left.
DH was kind enough to take Loki's cage to the shed because he knows me, if I see it, I'll lose it again.
My head hurts soooo bad right now!
He was still a baby... just getting his ring and learning how to talk. I am SOO mad at myself because I shouldn't have given him the new cuttlebone this morning
OR if I would have come home 10 mins earlier.
I'm so lost right now...
I put him in the small travel crate and headed there. He sat in my lap and was chirping very quietly and I could tell he was struggling to do that. About 2 blocks from the vets I was sitting at a red light when I heard him let out this horrible screech and then gurgle. I pulled over as soon as the light turned green but it was too late... he was gone.
I started bawling my eyes out to the point they are still swollen and puffy. I called the vet from my cell phone and told them what happend and asked what to do. he told me to go ahead and bring him in.
When I got there they were waiting for me and rushed him into the back. I sat in the waiting room for what seemed to be hours crying my eyes out in front of these strangers. One was very nice and offered to buy me a soda from the store next door. The others looked at me like I was crazy. About 30 mins later, they came out and told me he was gone..
I called Reggie and told him what happened. H e could barely understand me through the tears but heard enough to say "take out the cuttlebone from Pepsi's cage... Loki's gone". I sat in thier waiting room for about another 20 mins trying to gather my thoughts before I left.
DH was kind enough to take Loki's cage to the shed because he knows me, if I see it, I'll lose it again.
My head hurts soooo bad right now!
He was still a baby... just getting his ring and learning how to talk. I am SOO mad at myself because I shouldn't have given him the new cuttlebone this morning
OR if I would have come home 10 mins earlier.
I'm so lost right now...
