Baby Vernie Passed Away

Gillian Moore said:

Terribly sorry to hear about your loss @HappyHermanns .

If you need to talk, I am all listening ears. Just send me a PM.

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HappyHermanns said:

Thanks a lot @Gillian Moore, I really appreciate it!
I'm going to try to refrain, only because I have been a puddle all day and all I will do is cry all over you. lol
I am Sure you understand my pain and I will just know that I am not alone in my sadness.

I just have to figure out how to look at his siblings without thinking of little mister and falling into tears

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HappyHermanns said:

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Today we have very heavy, tear filled hearts..
Last night our smallest Hermann's Tort Vernie passed away.
He started acting very weird and not like himself at all. He was scaring us pretty badly and we could see his pain in how he was moving..
Took him to a vet, got some medicine for him hoping that it was a treatable virus though he wasn't big enough to draw blood. All we could do was hope it wasn't a bigger issue..
This morning he was gone.
We are devastated.
In the pic below, Vernie is on the far right. His siblings are thriving and he really wasn't
We miss you terribly Vernie-Kins
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dmmj said:

I really poem just for this occasion the loss of a beloved tortoise. It's called Rainbow Bridge for tortoises I don't have the link but you can do a forum search for it

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maggie3fan said:

Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.

When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together. There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable.

All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor. Those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by. The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind.

They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent. His eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster.

You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.

Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together....

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I can never get thru this with crying.
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