Ssthisto WalkingDeath DancingLight ([info]ssthisto) wrote,
@ 2005-05-19 14:24:00
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Damned if I do...
You ever have the feeling of standing on the train tracks in the middle of a tunnel, watching that headlight come toward you - and the only other choice is to jump onto the other track... into the path of a train coming the opposite direction?

It'd be easier if it was -me- standing in front of the train with the choice to make for myself, instead of on behalf of an animal who can't tell me what her choice would be. Which train she'd choose. Because there isn't a choice other than the oncoming trains.

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[info]mandarax85
2005-05-19 02:30 pm UTC (link)
Erf, this have something to do with Celaeno?

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[info]ssthisto
2005-05-19 04:28 pm UTC (link)
No, my other adult female, Lesuth. Celaeno is fine, laid another egg, and both eggs appear to be fertile and developing. Lesuth has at least one and probably two or more retained clutches of eggs, and the question is whether she is better off being euthanized while she's under the anesthetic for being spayed, euthanised before being operated on at all, or euthanised after we try forcefeeding her antibiotics for a week after surgery.

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[info]drakkor
2005-05-19 05:27 pm UTC (link)
Sorry to hear about your Lesuth... I know that you wants the best for your animals, but sometimes you have to take choices, to offer them at least a least painful death... And trust me, after up to 16 years working with animals, I've unfortunately seen things like that happen. But like I said, at the end, it's for the good of your animals, and you're not doing this because you're a barbarian or something...

Now about what you should do may be, is to be sure about why you're doing the surgery ? If you want to help your animals and there's chance that he/she will survive after, then do it and try your best to force feed your animal after...ect While keeping away from your mind the fact you may have to kill him, or it will be already lost hopes... If you think the surgery will not help at all, except increasing the vet's wallet, then just offer a decent dead to your animal...

To gives you a example, Missy the baby sea lion we force feeded last summer (you may remember about that if you follow my journal), was seen for the vet as "already dead" from the blood results, and he thought she will never survive too long... I don't wanted to believe that and with my team, we done our best to take care of her. The resukt is that she is still here now, feeling super good and having exelent blood results that licked the vet's ass !! }:PPP

Anyway, hope my advice helps ya a bit there... Sowwy, can't do more... *hug*

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[info]jordan_redmare
2005-05-20 10:41 pm UTC (link)
I'm sorry about your gecko. :( I think the decision to euthanize or not euthanize is always the hardest since they can't tell us in words what they want. Usually with my rats I make the decision when their behavior changes and I can tell they're giving up - going off food, not wanting to play, etc. You probably know your gecko best, and hopefully she will let you know what she wants in some way. It's never easy to make that choice, but I'm sure you know what's best and when it will be time to put her out of suffering. :( *hugs*

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[info]mauvekat
2005-05-21 05:19 am UTC (link)
It is never easy my dear and I am sorry you had to make the choice. Big Hug from Really far away.

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