Ricky was born March 12, 2002 and died September 19th 2008.
Two weeks ago, we took Ricky to see the Vet because he wasn't feeling well. We had blood work done because the Vet wasn't sure what was wrong with him.
The blood work showed that Ricky's kidneys were failing. Only 25% of his kidneys were functioning. Basically, Ricky was starving to death. He couldn't eat food because his stomach would constantly be getting upset by the material that his kidneys weren't filtering out.
So we had to make the hard decision to put Ricky to sleep. The following day we buried Ricky in a garden on the side of the house. He was a very good friend. And I miss him very much.
3 comments:
Hi Doug! Our family was sorry to hear about Ricky too! It's sad when a pet has to be put down, we had to put down our 13 year old cat this summer. Not fun.
Anyway, how is Daisy doing with Ricky gone?
Enjoyed the post!
Have a good day!
Amanda :-)
Daisy isn't really the same with Ricky being gone. She seems kind of lost. Same with Emma, she was very depressed and kept coming over to me.
The puppies don't seem to notice though.
I've had to have two of our cats put to sleep. Very upsetting, very sad. You really feel like you're losing a friend. My sympathies.
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