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Post by brittanyb on Oct 11, 2005 19:13:08 GMT -8
MY DEARESST GERBIL, DIAMOND, PASSED AWAY ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6 2005, SHE WAS 3 YEARS OLD. SHE HAS LEFT BEHIND, HER 2 SISTER, BEAR, AND GANDOLF, THE GREY. I KNOW THEY MISS HER TO, THEY RUN AROUND, AND LOOK IN ALL HER HIDING, PLACES. THIS IS PROBABLY THE HARDEST THING I'VE HAD TO DO, EVERY TIME I LOOK AT THE CAGE, I CRY, AND EVERY TIME I LOOK AT A PICTURE OF HER I CRY. EVERYONE SAYS THINK OF THE GOOD THINGS, BUT IF I DO, I CRY, I HAD NOTHING BUT GOOD THINGS WITH HER. I'M GLAD, I COULD GET THIS OFF, MY CHEST, THANK YOU
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Post by meganb52 on Oct 13, 2005 6:55:47 GMT -8
It is hard when you lose a gerb, but time will heal your broken heart. 3 years is a good long life for a gerbil, so just remember that and think of all the fun times you had with her and your other gerbs. I'm sorry you're so sad, but hopefully you'll feel better soon!
-Megan
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Post by gerbillover2000 on Oct 13, 2005 12:01:28 GMT -8
i've been through alot of this, froma young age, so i guess this is just natural to me, and i don't sulk like i could. i find it much easier to move on. it is hard. really hard. if you belive in GOD, maybe you could say this prayer? Heavanly Father, our human ties with our friends of other speices is a wonderful and special gift from You. We now ask You to grant our special animal companions your fatherly care and healing power to take away any suffering they have. Give us, their human friends, new understanding of our responsibilities to these creatues of Yours. They have trust in us, as we have trust in You; We are on this earth together to give one another friendsship, affection, and caring. Take our heartfelt prayers and fill Your ill or suffering animals with healing light and strength to overcome whatever weaknesses of body they have. Your goodness is turned apond every living thing and Your grace flows to all Your creatures. Grant to our special animal compainions long and healthy lived Give them good relationships with us, and if you see it fit to take them from us help us to understand that they are not gone from us, but only drawing closer to you. Grant our petitions through the intercession of good St. Francis of Assisi who honered You through all Your creatures. now, Have a box of tissues handy: www.indigo.org/rainbowbridge_ver2.html |
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Post by AndreaS15 on Oct 14, 2005 11:14:00 GMT -8
gerbillover2000, that is a very lovey prayer. I think i may just have to write it down for future use.
Brittany, It is ok to cry. We all do it and it can help us relive the stresses we have from loosing someone so dear to us. I promis this hurt you have now will grow weaker, so you can grow stronger. You are not alone and know you gave your little gerbil the best life you could, and she wouldn't have wanted it any other way. 3 years is old, and so you helped her reach a great golden age for a gerbil.
<hugs> It's time to give your other gerbils extra love and attention now, they miss her to and need your comforting.
<hugs>
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Post by RyanF on Oct 15, 2005 9:36:58 GMT -8
I know exactly how you feel. At least she had a long life unlike my Sandy who's life was cut short due to an accident. She was 4 months old.  |
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Post by paws on Oct 16, 2005 2:56:18 GMT -8
AWWWWW! I' m so sorry Brittany! I recently lost one of my gerbils...like RyanF's he was still quite young (9 months). Three years is a great long time for a gerbil to live. The other gerbils still have eachother. I think you just shouldn't think of her as "dead". Think of her as up in gerbie heaven...happy! She's in a better place, because old age is hard for gerbils... just think of how you will see her, and maybe write a memorial for her on the gerbil board about the good times. If you cry it out, you will slowly begin to heal.
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Post by ashgerbil on Oct 16, 2005 12:29:36 GMT -8
my gerbil, Sandy (is it just me, or does Sandy seem like an accident-prone name for a gerbil?) , died at 5 months. my sister killed her by kneeling on her head i cried for days and still havn't forgiven my sister. that was over 3 years ago, i still think of her everyday, but i have found the best way to get over something is to try and get on with life as normal. it's okay to cry (i know i did for weeks when my first gerbil, Pebble, died at just 8 weeks) and, yes, it is good to get things off your chest  i hope you feel alot better soon |
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Post by paws on Oct 23, 2005 2:01:03 GMT -8
^all my gerbils are accident prone.   When I got Paws and Sterling I went on holiday and let some small children look after them. Paws came back with a broken leg that NEVER healed, even after a whole YEAR! Sterling's tail was broken in half, but that was okay  . Then we got Phoenix, who was attacked by Paws and Sterling on his first night at my house, because the stupid petstore keeper had said that they would accept him immediately  Then he almost died of something unknown, by the hairdryer rescued him, then, at 9 months of age he died. Sorry for hijacking the thread. I hope you are feeling better Brittany. Diamond will never be replaced, but she will be remembered. |
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Post by pixytwinkle on Nov 29, 2005 7:47:00 GMT -8
im so sorry i hope you feel better soon. But he lived to a good age and that just shows how good you were to him so im sure he is very grateful to you.
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i hope you feel alot better soon
When I got Paws and Sterling I went on holiday and let some small children look after them. Paws came back with a broken leg that NEVER healed, even after a whole YEAR! 
. Then we got Phoenix, who was attacked by Paws and Sterling on his first night at my house, because the stupid petstore keeper had said that they would accept him immediately 
Then he almost died of something unknown, by the hairdryer rescued him, then, at 9 months of age he died. 