R.I.P. Mollie

 This morning we sent Mollie the chinchilla across the rainbow bridge.

She hasn't been quite herself for a few days, and yesterday (Sunday) we discovered she had an abscess on her mouth.  So I took her to the vet this morning, and faced the same choice I faced with Maizie a little over three years ago: try antibiotics which are unlikely to work, put her through surgery she most likely wouldn't survive and hope if she does make it through the surgery she recovers fully (and quickly enough to start eating properly again before she dies of starvation) or put her to sleep.

I didn't feel it was fair to her to make her suffer longer while we tried things that had a high chance of not working; I wanted to stop her being in pain sooner rather than later.  So I decided to put her to sleep.

It's quiet without her protests whenever my Alexa device stops playing music... Mollie always loved listening to music, especially 80s music for some reason.  She loved her TV time too... Especially crime shows like NCIS and CSI.  And the area where her cage is feels empty somehow, even though the cage is still there at the moment.  But at least she's pain-free, which is the most important thing.

 

Enjoy your 80s music and crime shows on the other side of the rainbow bridge, Miss Mollie.

R.I.P. Mollie

October 12th 2015 - April 11th 2022