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I am feeling really sad......Having had many losses in my personal life recently....my little gerbil's death today, just again magnifies all the pain....Shredder is our 3rd pet to die since April....First our guineapig, Dale in April, followed by another darling piggy, Buzzby ( in August) and today, little Shredder....
I'm just too heartsore yet to talk much about him....except to say that for such a tiny animal, he had an enormous, loving personality, and will leave a void in our home and our hearts, even though he was with us only a short 4yrs...
It was so sad to see yet another pet die from cancer....just can't say more...am hurting too much inside...
Irene

Dear Irene,

I won't write much, just to say that we are thinking of you at this on-going difficult time. It is amazing how you see the wonder in animals of different species - something that many people do not have the compassion and insight to do - and I am so sorry for the continued heartache.

Thanks Shailen...Just can't stop crying this morning....
Irene

Still feeling so sad every time I look at the empty little cage, where our little Shredder lived.....just awful....miss his twinkly little eyes....miss my lovely piggies that left us earlier this year too.....just been struggling with the losses so much in recent days, and feeling generally very down....
Irene

Feeling for you Irene. It is such a tough balance between the love and pleasure we get from sharing our lives with them, and the knowledge that we are giving at least some animals a good and loving home when so many have such terrible lives, and the inevitable pain that comes in time. I guess in the end it is about striking a balance between the conflicting emotions so that you don't subject yourself to too much grief over your lifetime while also maximising the animals in your life. Where this balance lies is probably quite an individual personal thing. Hope you start to feel a little better soon.