by hedgehog101 » Fri Jun 01, 2012 3:09 am
It is so sad when something like that happens. I just lost my hedgehog, Thistle. She'd been my little baby since around when I was in second grade. When I lost her to bone cancer in her jaw 5 years later, I was devistated.
Also, previous to that, I had lost two rescue hedgehogs(long story, they just could not find homes for all the babies) that had sort of become Thistle's younger sisters.
Their names were Sabra(which is a kind of prickly yet sweet cactus) and Morgan. They were two sisters who were total opposites.
Brief description of Sabra: sweet, NEVER raised her quills, loved to be held, unhealthy, not what you would call in a fit physical state,
Brief description of Morgan: mad, quills always in every which direction, incredibly healthy, loved to run, could have been a mountain goat, fit
I loved them both so much. When my dad saw one of them died while I was at school, he assumingly told me it was poor, unhealthy Sabra. When I went up there, I realized instantly it was Morgan. She looked so peaceful. We think she might have choked, but she seemed to have died in her sleep. As if incomplete without her sister, Sabra died of Wobbily Hedgehog Syndrome (the hedgehog form of ALS) about a week and a half later. Though I only had them for 10 monthes (they had had a previous owner who loved them but gave them to us, knowing we had the time to care for them) I'll miss them forever. I still wish I could have given Morgan a life in the wild, had it only been possible.
It's been a year since Oliver died, and I now have a sweet puppy named Tzitzit. She could never replace him, but she has been great and I think she has helped to heal that empty space Oliver left behind in my family's hearts.