Our pet chinchilla died, and I'm a big pussy

[quote name='Mr.Answer']The death of a pet... yes it should be an easy process. A pet isn't a son or daughter, its not a mom or dad, its not a grandma or grandpa...its a pet. It may be loyal and furry, it may be cute and cuddly. But it is an animal. Alonzomourning23..am I reading this right but are you saying the death of your grandmother is the same as a chinchilla? Man I hope not.[/QUOTE]

No your not, but you could be. She abused my father, so the concern for her isn't very high among anyone in my family (my father even got into an argument about the payment plan and told the guy to keep her ashes since he wanted the money up front, the funeral was held without her ashes, he had the money to pay but refused to until he got the insurance money).

But suggesting that the death of a pet should be easy, simply because people are used to death, was my point in using the example. While I obviously cannot change the feelings you have when a close pet dies, I think spending some time at a good vet would show you how many people think of and treat their pets. There are 2 world renowned vets here in my area (one which is 24 hours), some people will do anything possible to save their pet. Radiation, chemotherapy, experimental medication (as I said, I have a pet on experimental cancer medication that is promising for both humans and pets, got it from Tufts), multiple surgeries, transplants (there was a cat about to undergo a kidney transplant one time) etc. You can even buy veterinary insurance.
 
There is nothing wrong in acting that way.

It is hard to lose anything you are emotionally attached to, especially pets. Our dog is 13, which is quite long-lived for a large dog, and I fear every day that I am going to get the call from my parents that he has passed away.
 
[quote name='Tromack']There is nothing wrong in acting that way.

It is hard to lose anything you are emotionally attached to, especially pets. Our dog is 13, which is quite long-lived for a large dog, and I fear every day that I am going to get the call from my parents that he has passed away.[/QUOTE]

I had a golden retriever who lived to be 16. He was being crippled by arthritis but a natural medicine/treat called seabreeze (I believe that's the name) worked wonders. He could barely go up stairs at 11, but, due to the medicine, was still chasing cats at 15 (well, he attempted to, he wasn't very fast anymore).
 
[quote name='Mr.Answer']YOu got freaked by the thought of touching a dead animal? Its an animal..now don't get me wrong.. I have many pets including 2 dogs that have been with me for several years. But they are dogs, they will die sooner than me and I will bury them just like I buried my prior dogs, and my grandparents, and several neighbors and friends. Death is natural fella.

Are all vegans like this?[/QUOTE]

Grieving is also natural. Just because everything is going to die eventually, it doesn't mean one can't feel sad for watching something or someone one loves pass away.
 
RIP MOLLY! Having a great pet dies sucks but you shouldn't be ashamed about freaking out. My forensics club went on a field trip, touched some brains, saw baby fetuses, and as soon as we got to an actual complete human corpse, I passed out. My whole high school knew of it within the hour.....
 
My ex-girlfriend had a little dapple dachshund, name'a Sammy. I've never been big on dogs, and at first, Sammy didn't do much to change that. But my ex loved this thing to death. Absolutely showered him with attention.

When she moved out a few months ago, she decided she wasn't gonna be able to take care of him, and left him to my sister to care for. My sister already had several dogs to look after, so he became my responsibility pretty quickly.

Goddamn dog. I don't know what the hell it was, but after she was gone and he didn't have her to be coddled by, I started to dig him. I didn't spend near enough time with him as she did, which I kind of regret. I simply didn't have the time or the will to give him the attention he'd grown accustomed to, so we decided to put an ad out for him.

I didn't realize how much I really liked that dog until the day that his new owners came by to get him. I couldn't even be around him, it was too depressing.

So yeah, you aren't a pussy. Losing really cool pets isn't fun. And fuck me if chinchillas aren't the cutest goddamn thing. Hope your kids are taking it OK, and I hope you have better luck with your next pet.
 
Shit, GA, I'm sorry for your loss. :cry: As far as the "being a pussy" thing, don't sweat it. Lots of folks, myself included, have no urge to touch a dead thing... particularly a dead thing to which we were emotionally attached.
 
dude, your pet just died, your allowed to be upset. Even if it was just the dead body that you were freaked out about some people just can't handle that stuff well. Don't get down on yourself.
 
[quote name='AdamInPlaidum']When I discovered my first of two gerbils had died, the other gerbil had actually eaten part of it. I was young, and thought I wasn't feeding them enough and that's why one had died and the other was eating it. I found out a couple days later that this was something normal that a lot of rodents do, but for a couple of days there, I felt like shit.

To tie it in with this topic, I had to pick up the little mangled body and put it in a butter dish to bury it. It was indeed terrible.[/QUOTE]

I am so glad I came into this thread its great.

I have a hard time dealing with real bloody accidents etc. I even sometimes have a hard time watching surgeries on TV etc. I really dont like needles either. They dont hurt its just i will sometimes pass out with a blood draw or injection.

So for my story the wife was doing the dishes and unlike me, she just puts everything in the dish water. She starts yelling to me to hurry to the kitchen of our apartment (when we first got together). I go running in and she had cut between her two fingers pretty good with a knife.

The water is all suds and white in color. I look over her shoulder and she pulls her two fingers apart. I kid you not blood starts squirting out just like in the movies.. It must have went 5-6 inches and covered the soapy water with blood.

I backed up and sat down againts a wall and said i didnt think I could help her right then. She had to grab a towel and wrap it all up herself. I am getting chills just typing this and remembering that day. It was pretty gross. She almost passed out afterwords and then i was fine.

I hope that if I am ever faced with a life threatening event thats bloody I can react correctly and adrenaline will take over for me.
 
[quote name='MorbidAngel4Life']See, this is why people get put on ignore lists, jackass.[/QUOTE]

Oh my god it gets better.

First you have a monkey grabbing a cats ass and then his quote..

Next down you have a yelling avatar and the above quote... Its getting better or I am on something i dont know about...

Sorry Grave for the loss but this is one of the best topics I have read for unintentional comedic value I have read in a long time.
 
[quote name='thechairmanh2k']my wife and i lost our cat of 18 years earlier this year. we had to have put to sleep and were holding him when the vet gave him the shot. we held him for the next 45 minutes trying to keep him warm even though he was gone. i dont blame you for reacting how you did.[/QUOTE]

Didnt you make a post about whether or not y0u should go with the cat to have it done? Or am I thinking about someone elses animal?
 
I may be in the great minority, but I value the average animal life more than the average human. I'm not a hippy type or anything and I eat a ton of meat. However, the senseless killing of animals bothers me more than killing a bunch of people.

[quote name='Mr.Answer']The death of a pet... yes it should be an easy process. A pet isn't a son or daughter, its not a mom or dad, its not a grandma or grandpa...its a pet. It may be loyal and furry, it may be cute and cuddly. But it is an animal. Alonzomourning23..am I reading this right but are you saying the death of your grandmother is the same as a chinchilla? Man I hope not.[/QUOTE]
 
[quote name='Kayden']I may be in the great minority, but I value the average animal life more than the average human. I'm not a hippy type or anything and I eat a ton of meat. However, the senseless killing of animals bothers me more than killing a bunch of people.[/QUOTE]

maybe its because you feel they cant protect themselves where as people could.?
 
My best friend is a firefighter; you should hear some of his stories. I honestly don't know how he does some of the things he does.

He told me of a 300 lb. man who died on the toilet; paramedics found him a week later. I wouldn't be so bad, but he died in a trailer with no ventilation or AC. My buddy said he was covered with ants and magots; and his face was blackish purple. The smell was indescribable.

Hopefully the Chincilla doen't seem as bad now...

I once had to pick up a guys severed finger. He lost it the door jam of a car; You have to think about helping the person and doing what is right. Your Chincilla deserves a repectful disposal, so keep it together.

When in bad sitations, I always think about those who have it worse than me. It makes my sitation seem petty and miniscule in comparison.
 
[quote name='Snake2715']I am so glad I came into this thread its great.



I have a hard time dealing with real bloody accidents etc. I even sometimes have a hard time watching surgeries on TV etc. I really dont like needles either. They dont hurt its just i will sometimes pass out with a blood draw or injection.



So for my story the wife was doing the dishes and unlike me, she just puts everything in the dish water. She starts yelling to me to hurry to the kitchen of our apartment (when we first got together). I go running in and she had cut between her two fingers pretty good with a knife.



The water is all suds and white in color. I look over her shoulder and she pulls her two fingers apart. I kid you not blood starts squirting out just like in the movies.. It must have went 5-6 inches and covered the soapy water with blood.



I backed up and sat down againts a wall and said i didnt think I could help her right then. She had to grab a towel and wrap it all up herself. I am getting chills just typing this and remembering that day. It was pretty gross. She almost passed out afterwords and then i was fine.



I hope that if I am ever faced with a life threatening event thats bloody I can react correctly and adrenaline will take over for me.[/QUOTE]

Oh my God, man. I would have literally ran out of the house. I would not be able to look at that.

I can watch every horror movie there is that shows limbs being chopped off and eaten by babies, but if I know it's real, I can't handle anything.

When my wife and I had our first child, I almost passed out. In case you guys don't know, when the babie's head comes out, they sstill haven't taken a breath on their own, so their skin is really grayish looking.

I got really concerned and asked the doctor why her skin was that color.

That wasn't nearly as bad as when she had to get her episiotomy done. I could honestly hear the scissors cut through her skin like someone does a piece of paper. It was the most horrific sight I've seen in my entire life. The cutting, the horrid sound and the massive flow of blood.

Dear Jesus, that was an extremely disturbing scene. The doctor took one look at me, saw that all the blood had drained from my face and made me sit down.

Then after she had the baby, she had to birth the afterbirth. That was another incredibly disgusting part of labor.

The doctor told us that some people like to cook it and eat it, and that nearly made me throw up right then and there. She said it helps the mother get more close to the child or something like that.

But honestly, who in their right mind would eat fuggin' afterbirth? It seriously looks like slimy, veiny, pink flesh.


[quote name='Kayden']I may be in the great minority, but I value the average animal life more than the average human. I'm not a hippy type or anything and I eat a ton of meat. However, the senseless killing of animals bothers me more than killing a bunch of people.[/QUOTE]

I can understand that, to a point. Would you value the life of a human infant more than the life of an animal, though?
 
[quote name='Kayden']I may be in the great minority, but I value the average animal life more than the average human. I'm not a hippy type or anything and I eat a ton of meat. However, the senseless killing of animals bothers me more than killing a bunch of people.[/QUOTE]

:applause:
 
[quote name='MorbidAngel4Life']See, this is why people get put on ignore lists, jackass.[/QUOTE]

What the fuck is your problem? I think that was rather unwarranted. I was merely pointing out the OP could make a cool 50+ on ebay.
 
[quote name='Snake2715']maybe its because you feel they cant protect themselves where as people could.?[/QUOTE]


I think it has more to do with how stupid/cruel/arrogant/ignorant/obnoxious most people are
 
[quote name='Kayden']I may be in the great minority, but I value the average animal life more than the average human. I'm not a hippy type or anything and I eat a ton of meat. However, the senseless killing of animals bothers me more than killing a bunch of people.[/QUOTE]

:whistle2:k

The way I see it is a little different. While eating meat from animals killed in the wild is the natural way of things, the practices of agri-business in the middle of America constitutes torture of living creatures.

On the other hand, everybody in America is so freaking focused on stomping all over the right of old and sick people to pass away peacefully, or taking away the choice of a woman to clinically and humanely abort somthing that isn't even a person, or keeping a brain-dead woman alive with Frankenstein machines.

I don't equate human to animal lives, but the hypocracy of this country in stating that certain types of life should be forced to continue and be enlongated to an obviously over-the-top and ridiculous degree on the one hand (causing more sorrow), and having no respect for any other living creatures on the other hand(causing more sorrow) is sickening to me. If only everyone could take philosophy 101...
 
[quote name='kaw']What the fuck is your problem? I think that was rather unwarranted. I was merely pointing out the OP could make a cool 50+ on ebay.[/QUOTE]

You think that's funny? You think it's funny that his pet died, so you have to sit there and crack jokes about selling it on ebay? You are a fucking retard.
 
[quote name='MorbidAngel4Life']You think that's funny? You think it's funny that his pet died, so you have to sit there and crack jokes about selling it on ebay? You are a fucking retard.[/QUOTE]

I think its funny that a guy named "MorbidAngel" can't take a little joke about fur pelts.
 
[quote name='camoor']I think its funny that a guy named "MorbidAngel" can't take a little joke about fur pelts.[/QUOTE]

I've lost enough pets to know that that isn't funny.
 
[quote name='MorbidAngel4Life']You think that's funny? You think it's funny that his pet died, so you have to sit there and crack jokes about selling it on ebay? You are a fucking retard.[/QUOTE]

I offered my condolences, I said, "That's too bad." One could argue it was more heartfelt than your "I'm sorry that sucks man" post. For chris'sakes the third poster called the OP a pussy, where's your name calling for him? Besides the OP barely talked about how upset he was over the death of a pet, it was more about touching something gross.

Do I think it's funny someone's pet died? No. Do I think it's funny that you would verbally attack me over a joke about a furry rodent that had nothing to do with you in the first place? Well, no.. that's just sad. Get a life, a sense of humor, and some social skills while you're at it.
 
I was pissed when my Betta fish died.

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My cousin thought it would look cute in a little bowl tank so she put it in one. Well the fish jumped out of the bowl and died. Stupid bitch, she should have known that its regular tank had a lid on for a reason.

and Kaw

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[quote name='kaw']I offered my condolences, I said, "That's too bad." One could argue it was more heartfelt than your "I'm sorry that sucks man" post. For chris'sakes the third poster called the OP a pussy, where's your name calling for him? Besides the OP barely talked about how upset he was over the death of a pet, it was more about touching something gross.

Do I think it's funny someone's pet died? No. Do I think it's funny that you would verbally attack me over a joke about a furry rodent that had nothing to do with you in the first place? Well, no.. that's just sad. Get a life, a sense of humor, and some social skills while you're at it.[/QUOTE]

Dude, I would be acting the same way if you said that about one of my pets. I'm sorry, I just don't find it funny.
 
[quote name='kaw']I offered my condolences, I said, "That's too bad." One could argue it was more heartfelt than your "I'm sorry that sucks man" post. For chris'sakes the third poster called the OP a pussy, where's your name calling for him? Besides the OP barely talked about how upset he was over the death of a pet, it was more about touching something gross.

Do I think it's funny someone's pet died? No. Do I think it's funny that you would verbally attack me over a joke about a furry rodent that had nothing to do with you in the first place? Well, no.. that's just sad. Get a life, a sense of humor, and some social skills while you're at it.[/QUOTE]

I wasn't calling him a pussy because his pet died. I called him that for acting like lil girl because he couldn't do what his wife ended up doing. It's inert. We don't live in Dawn of the Dead so there's very little reason to feel queasy about disposing of a pet corpse. If he'd done his duty but still felt sad about it, I wouldn't have made the remark. As it is, I still stand by my post and the OP knew to take it for what it was referring to.
 
[quote name='DT778']I was pissed when my Betta fish died.

My cousin thought it would look cute in a little bowl tank so she put it in one. Well the fish jumped out of the bowl and died. Stupid bitch, she should have known that its regular tank had a lid on for a reason.

[/QUOTE]

Well, I'm all-too aware how cousins can kill your animals.

When I was about 14, I had this bad-ass lizard. I kept him in a normal fish tank with a screen on the top to allow me to spray him with water when he needed to cool down.

Well, I didn't have a regular spray bottle, I used one of my mom's old starch bottles.

The lizard would chomp the shit outta crickets, but sometimes the crickets would make a lot of noise during the night. Everything was going great, until my 20-something-year-old cousin moved in with us.

He got my room, so I had to move back in with my brother. Well, a few nights into his living with us, he said he couldn't take the cricket's noise, so I told him to just spray the cage and that will shut him up.

I always kept the spray bottle right next to the cage so no one would mistake it for something else, and I showed him where it was. But what does Capt. Dumbshit do?

He wakes up in the middle of the night, walks into the closet and at the top shelf, finds my mom's real bottle of liquid spray starch and starches the shit outta my lizard and its cricket prisoners.

I didn't know anything went wrong until I noticed my lizard didn't have much of an appetite, and he started losing weight. He would hardly even move around, which I could understand since he was assaulted with about three ounces of liquid starch.

It didn't take long to notice the other starch bottle sitting next to his cage. When my cousin got home from work, I confronted him about it, and the pussy tried to deny the entire thing. After several lies and backtracks, he finally admitted that he did it.

I was really upset about the whole thing, because that lizard was so damn badass.

I vowed to one day kill his pet dog. I'm not going to kill it while it's a puppy, though. I'm going to wait about eight to ten years and let the family get really close to it. Then when the time is right, I'm going to strike.

He will be sorry that he ever killed Henry, that son of a bitch.
 
[quote name='Grave_Addiction'].

I vowed to one day kill his pet dog. I'm not going to kill it while it's a puppy, though. I'm going to wait about eight to ten years and let the family get really close to it. Then when the time is right, I'm going to strike.

He will be sorry that he ever killed Henry, that son of a bitch.[/QUOTE]

Just when you think a thread is about to die. Bravo, my man. Bravo. :applause:

Btw, I, too saw the OP as the guy in the avatar, which made the story about 3,000 times funnier.
 
Sorry about your Chinchilla man... for those wanting to know why he couldn't just touch it... you ever pet a chinchilla? They're almost all hair. It's not like you can just grab-box-done with a chinchilla. You'd have to dig into the fur and find the actual body in there. I have doubts I could do that.

Wost animal retreival I ever had, was waking up to find the cat had got one of the finches. It was wedged partway into the cage. Its foot fell off when I had to take it out. (I was the only one home for the next several hours, so...)

And please don't kill the cousin's dog. if you must do something, steal the dog. Take it to the next town over, go to the humane society, and tell them it's yours and you need to drop him off, your new girlfriend has allergies (or something.) Dog gets happy new home, Cousin loses pet, all is well.
 
[quote name='DuelLadyS']Sorry about your Chinchilla man... for those wanting to know why he couldn't just touch it... you ever pet a chinchilla? They're almost all hair. It's not like you can just grab-box-done with a chinchilla. You'd have to dig into the fur and find the actual body in there. I have doubts I could do that.

Wost animal retreival I ever had, was waking up to find the cat had got one of the finches. It was wedged partway into the cage. Its foot fell off when I had to take it out. (I was the only one home for the next several hours, so...)

And please don't kill the cousin's dog. if you must do something, steal the dog. Take it to the next town over, go to the humane society, and tell them it's yours and you need to drop him off, your new girlfriend has allergies (or something.) Dog gets happy new home, Cousin loses pet, all is well.[/QUOTE]

Exactly. Her hair was at least three inches long and incredibly soft. So even though she looked kind of fat, it was mostly just fur. God, just thinking about picking her up sends shivers up my body. :puke:

As for the dog, I'm sorry, but it's as good as dead. It's been marked for death the moment they bought it, and there's nothing I can do about that now.

I shall have my revenge.
 
[quote name='Tromack']Grieving is also natural. Just because everything is going to die eventually, it doesn't mean one can't feel sad for watching something or someone one loves pass away.[/QUOTE]


I agree with you that grieving is natural, but I questioned the need to put on rubber gloves to dispose of the dead pet.
 
[quote name='Mr.Answer']I agree with you that grieving is natural, but I questioned the need to put on rubber gloves to dispose of the dead pet.[/QUOTE]

She had been dead for at least 15 hours. I have no idea what kinds of diseases may have inhabited her carcass during the time of her death. I wanted to take no chances.

If I had it with me, I may have donned my gas mask before disposing of her.
 
[quote name='Grave_Addiction']She had been dead for at least 15 hours. I have no idea what kinds of diseases may have inhabited her carcass during the time of her death. I wanted to take no chances.

If I had it with me, I may have donned my gas mask before disposing of her.[/QUOTE]

That would have been an interesting funeral.
 
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