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pacificpikachuThanks to everyone for your condolences on Noah. I'm rather sad because every time I take care of the remaining two it's weird not to see her there, and I raised her from the day she was born... She was always the cleverest of the three and I'd have trouble catching her in the outdoor cage because she knew not to go under the guinea house when I was around. She was such a great little guinea pig. I'll miss her.
After a lot of internet research, I think it's possible she may have died of bloat, which is the only thing I can come up with. It seems no one knows exactly what causes it or there are multiple causes (though there are a few different theories), but there are a few things that can be done to relieve the problem when it's not in really serious stages.
I must admit, I'm worried about the other two because Sheska's stomach is all distended and she seems to have bloat as well (however she's been bloated before with no effect on her health--it's not always life-threatening), but they both seem to be in good health otherwise and had a good day outside. I just have to hope nothing happens to Sheska during the next ten or twelve hours before I can get to a store to get any medications to try out. Hawkeye thankfully doesn't look bloated. I may need to give them some medications to reduce the gas in their stomachs and start giving them more hay. I just have to do my best and hope above all that there aren't any more tragedies. If either of them dies tonight I'm going to be devastated. ;__;
Anyway, on a different topic (because this one is starting to freak me out and I can't exactly go out and do much for my guinea pigs, who seem pretty okay right now anyway, at 2 AM), mom and I put up a live trap out by the chicken coop last because there's apparently a rat problem out there. I checked it repeatedly today, but tonight at midnight I checked it and there was the most adorable little rat in there. He's small so he looks almost like a mouse. I covered the live trap up with a towel so nothing disturbs him during the night and we're going to go relocate him tomorrow. I also found some ways to trap rats live without having to buy more expensive live traps, so I think I'll try those out tomorrow.
I want to get rid of the rat problem but killing them goes completely against my morals. So, uh, this is going to be a long haul I suspect. I need to start securing my animal foods in the shed even better than I do already (which is pretty darn good) and find some other non-killing solutions.
Also, as another few stressful things I need to get off of my chest and stop denying:
- There's apparently a current hold on my school records because I forgot to turn in a library book during the Spring semester. o__o Meaning I can't access my schedule until I clear that up, which is a problem because my school is an hour away and I need my schedule. Going to have to figure that out.
- My bank keeps claiming I owe them about $80 for a lot that I won on Ebay a few months ago and accidentally charged to my (empty) bank account when I intended to charge it to a credit card. (I could've sworn I did it on the credit card first, too, but Paypal is sneaky about that sometimes.) I checked the records and apparently the bank rejected that transaction and it went through on the credit card instead successfully, but the bank still seems to be hounding me about this...which is weird. I should probably just suck it up and go to the bank to see what the problem is and talk to them about it, but I'm afraid it's going to turn out that I'm wrong and I really do owe them $80 and then I'll be in trouble because I've assumed that it would clear itself up. :(
- Of course I don't want to tell my parents about either of these things because they'll be mad about both of them and lecture me to no end about them. My parents aren't very good at being forgiving and moving on from things. :/ Instead they like to criticize me ad nauseam, which just makes me unhappy and less willing to be proactive in changing things.
I almost wish I could take a semester off of school. Get proficient at driving so going back-and-forth from Rocklin isn't a problem, apply for some good scholarships, get a job at a vet office to get some nice practical experience and save up some money for Japan and general life stuff... I don't think that would work out for a number of reasons, but I just feel so unprepared to go back to school. Maybe I'm just particularly gloomy and pessimistic right now, though--I think that might be the case.
Not much more to say. I just wanted to get things out there so they're not just vague things at the back of my mind that I'm constantly denying to myself.
Anyway, I think that's more than enough negativity for now. Tomorrow I think it'll be time to start figuring out solutions to the problems instead of just stewing over them needlessly. New friends, I swear my journal isn't normally this gloomy. ^^; I just have a lot on my mind right now.
On a happier note, I LOVE this song.
After a lot of internet research, I think it's possible she may have died of bloat, which is the only thing I can come up with. It seems no one knows exactly what causes it or there are multiple causes (though there are a few different theories), but there are a few things that can be done to relieve the problem when it's not in really serious stages.
I must admit, I'm worried about the other two because Sheska's stomach is all distended and she seems to have bloat as well (however she's been bloated before with no effect on her health--it's not always life-threatening), but they both seem to be in good health otherwise and had a good day outside. I just have to hope nothing happens to Sheska during the next ten or twelve hours before I can get to a store to get any medications to try out. Hawkeye thankfully doesn't look bloated. I may need to give them some medications to reduce the gas in their stomachs and start giving them more hay. I just have to do my best and hope above all that there aren't any more tragedies. If either of them dies tonight I'm going to be devastated. ;__;
Anyway, on a different topic (because this one is starting to freak me out and I can't exactly go out and do much for my guinea pigs, who seem pretty okay right now anyway, at 2 AM), mom and I put up a live trap out by the chicken coop last because there's apparently a rat problem out there. I checked it repeatedly today, but tonight at midnight I checked it and there was the most adorable little rat in there. He's small so he looks almost like a mouse. I covered the live trap up with a towel so nothing disturbs him during the night and we're going to go relocate him tomorrow. I also found some ways to trap rats live without having to buy more expensive live traps, so I think I'll try those out tomorrow.
I want to get rid of the rat problem but killing them goes completely against my morals. So, uh, this is going to be a long haul I suspect. I need to start securing my animal foods in the shed even better than I do already (which is pretty darn good) and find some other non-killing solutions.
Also, as another few stressful things I need to get off of my chest and stop denying:
- There's apparently a current hold on my school records because I forgot to turn in a library book during the Spring semester. o__o Meaning I can't access my schedule until I clear that up, which is a problem because my school is an hour away and I need my schedule. Going to have to figure that out.
- My bank keeps claiming I owe them about $80 for a lot that I won on Ebay a few months ago and accidentally charged to my (empty) bank account when I intended to charge it to a credit card. (I could've sworn I did it on the credit card first, too, but Paypal is sneaky about that sometimes.) I checked the records and apparently the bank rejected that transaction and it went through on the credit card instead successfully, but the bank still seems to be hounding me about this...which is weird. I should probably just suck it up and go to the bank to see what the problem is and talk to them about it, but I'm afraid it's going to turn out that I'm wrong and I really do owe them $80 and then I'll be in trouble because I've assumed that it would clear itself up. :(
- Of course I don't want to tell my parents about either of these things because they'll be mad about both of them and lecture me to no end about them. My parents aren't very good at being forgiving and moving on from things. :/ Instead they like to criticize me ad nauseam, which just makes me unhappy and less willing to be proactive in changing things.
I almost wish I could take a semester off of school. Get proficient at driving so going back-and-forth from Rocklin isn't a problem, apply for some good scholarships, get a job at a vet office to get some nice practical experience and save up some money for Japan and general life stuff... I don't think that would work out for a number of reasons, but I just feel so unprepared to go back to school. Maybe I'm just particularly gloomy and pessimistic right now, though--I think that might be the case.
Not much more to say. I just wanted to get things out there so they're not just vague things at the back of my mind that I'm constantly denying to myself.
Anyway, I think that's more than enough negativity for now. Tomorrow I think it'll be time to start figuring out solutions to the problems instead of just stewing over them needlessly. New friends, I swear my journal isn't normally this gloomy. ^^; I just have a lot on my mind right now.
On a happier note, I LOVE this song.
