Well as of thursday night i had to bury my rescued tortoise Lucky. Unfortunatley my roomates evil cat got into Luckys cage nabbed him and well im not going into to details. We always keep my room door closed and that night while my girlfriend and her friend were in the room he snuck in and grabbed him right underneath their noses.
This cat is extremely intelligent and i should of had cage clips on his enclosure (but since the door is always closed i stupidly didnt think i needed them). As i was going to bed i did my nightly check to see where my tortoises are sleeping so i can point the ceramic bulb in their direction and i couldnt find lucky. I found him in the living room cold as ice and again im not going into details of his anatomical condition at that point as its painful enough to be typing this story.
The worst part was he was still alive. This next part may rub people the wrong way so i beg of you to put yourselves in my shoes and with Luckys prior history he didnt deserve any of this. The damage was extremely extensive and irreversible and non repairalbe (seriously it was bad). So i had to put him down in a way i will not describe and than gave him a proper burial. It was quick and painless i asure everyone. This was the hardest thing ive ever had to do.
I know this may seem cruel and hey why didnt you take him to a vet. It was 10:30 at night and although my roommate offered to take him to an emergency vet and pay for everything. I think Lucky had suffered enough and as i said it was REAL REAL BAD. I did not believe he needed to endure a painful car ride and than needless touching and examing to only tell me what i already knew ( he didnt need to suffer anymore). Needless to say my girlfriend and her friend/roomate (owner of the cat) were balling their eyes out. I personally am devistated as he had a special place in my heart. I feel like a terrible owner, person and overall had a very hard time sleeping that night.
I do not blame the cat as it is instinct to do what it did and i only blame myself for not being better prepared. I tell this story in hopes that people do realize that when having other animals their cages are pre-equipped to be %110 percent predator proof. At this point we are looking for a new place to live and my roomates are looking at adopting the cat out (i dont agree but dont really care we are leaving either way).
I do ask that you please try not to bash me to hard or at all as this has been very traumatic for me. LUCKY WILL BE MISSED MORE THAN YOU CAN BELIEVE.
This cat is extremely intelligent and i should of had cage clips on his enclosure (but since the door is always closed i stupidly didnt think i needed them). As i was going to bed i did my nightly check to see where my tortoises are sleeping so i can point the ceramic bulb in their direction and i couldnt find lucky. I found him in the living room cold as ice and again im not going into details of his anatomical condition at that point as its painful enough to be typing this story.
The worst part was he was still alive. This next part may rub people the wrong way so i beg of you to put yourselves in my shoes and with Luckys prior history he didnt deserve any of this. The damage was extremely extensive and irreversible and non repairalbe (seriously it was bad). So i had to put him down in a way i will not describe and than gave him a proper burial. It was quick and painless i asure everyone. This was the hardest thing ive ever had to do.
I know this may seem cruel and hey why didnt you take him to a vet. It was 10:30 at night and although my roommate offered to take him to an emergency vet and pay for everything. I think Lucky had suffered enough and as i said it was REAL REAL BAD. I did not believe he needed to endure a painful car ride and than needless touching and examing to only tell me what i already knew ( he didnt need to suffer anymore). Needless to say my girlfriend and her friend/roomate (owner of the cat) were balling their eyes out. I personally am devistated as he had a special place in my heart. I feel like a terrible owner, person and overall had a very hard time sleeping that night.
I do not blame the cat as it is instinct to do what it did and i only blame myself for not being better prepared. I tell this story in hopes that people do realize that when having other animals their cages are pre-equipped to be %110 percent predator proof. At this point we are looking for a new place to live and my roomates are looking at adopting the cat out (i dont agree but dont really care we are leaving either way).
I do ask that you please try not to bash me to hard or at all as this has been very traumatic for me. LUCKY WILL BE MISSED MORE THAN YOU CAN BELIEVE.
