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:D I'm sorry you're hurting........You will probably do so for quite a while...you have to heal, and it takes time. Look after yourself.

Salli..no professional kangaroo shooter is allowed to use a shotgun!!!! In NSW at least, roos have to be head shot, kept in a carefully monitored field chiller, etc.before going to the processing plant. Guess the end product differs from processor to processor.....

Our local roo processor makes raw pet mince, and cooked loaf.Yeh, sure it's full of "bits" which humans wouldn't eat, but it's all clean and well packaged... AFAIK no eyeballs or offal or bits like that are used. YUM!!!

may I ask a question? It seems quite a few bitches are fussy eaters or small eaters after whelping. This worries me.... I was always taught that the first sign of not eating ravenously is cause for a check-up...pain/infection/stress/retained afterbirth/pup etc. OR...are we pampering our girls too much? OR...????? :D If Our bitches are having pups...they will often eat during labour as well!I have never seen them refuse a meal after whelping< & they will happily scoff anything offered thereafter, thank you very much :D Maybe ours are different in that most are still working till just before they whelp..on a couple of meals a day, but still very active...would this keep their metabolism high or something similar? Sorry for the side track..it got me cogitating!! :D :pant:

..yes, any of ours with pups get 3-4 meals as well. they get fresh red meat,& bones, a good puppy kibble or working dog kibble, eggs, calcium,snacks of bread & butter(not marg)& vege leftovers. I increase it slowly as the pups grow, and then decrease from 5 weeks, as the pups are then taking solid food a few times a day themselves.

:D Poor you, and Sallie . I'm glad you let the others say "goodbye"..I try to, as then they know that the other is not coming back..they don;t run around searching etc. sallie was very lucky she found you.

Gemma will be feeling wonderful........it's her family who I'm sending thoughts to......

Sorry for you and your "babies"...at least they're running together still...

..."BUGGER!"

..It was bound to happen, Mel..A decision made with love & care.You tried hard, but she was meant for other things.

Bobcat is there..I like to believe they know, and are happy to be free of whatever was holding them back... Sorry you lost him so young...

Thanks..I IS sad..he was doing SO well, and was all bouncy the day before when I went there. Obviously that night/early morning he decided it was time to "sort " the big one out...I just hope it wasn't drawn out.I didn't look too closely at the poor little body when I found him.., but he was definitely gone to a better place!

:rolleyes: Just found the neighbour's little silky dead. He'd been in a fight last week, and had a wound on his neck which was nearly healed...he'd been very quiet during this time, and not in his pen. Anyway..yesterday he was soo happy to see me, and ran & jumped around.Alas, he felt fit enough to tease the heeler nearby, and was no match for those jaws. Today he didn't appear, so we went walking , & I found him ... Poor Pip...he was always a snuggly little thing, and used to treat me like a long-lost friend. I'll miss him.

so sorry... You had her most of your life, and it leaves a big hole..

Lassie was very pretty...thanks for your story!

:D I'm glad she just went quietly at home, Tiana....She was very pretty!

;) BUGGAR!! poor Salli..your little kitten, and Cher, what a day! Thinking of you.

:rolleyes: years ago, I lost a goat the same way...My sympathies

QUOTE What if it took more than one shot. Normally We wouldn't even attempt it if we thought this was the case- as I said, it is at point-blank range, and is instant...it is the noise that makes it seem much more "violent", I guess.

Thank you, people...I always feel a bit "crude" doing it that way,even tho most of the dogs are wagging tails when they go- I guess years of working at a vets, as well as the rural upbringing still clash occasionally.Back to the thread, tho..it is cheap money wise..luckily the vets don't charge for my panic phone consults at all hours!!

This may upset some folks... We euthanise our own pets, and do our grieving in private..It is around 1.5 hrs. drive to the vet- and most of our animals would get very distressed with all the upheaval(not to mention us!!) we use firearms at point blank range which sounds awful, I know..but it is instant, the animal is in it's own spot and does not get at all distressed. If a dog, and they're very old, they don't even realise. My old Mitch was extremely happy- he had his head halfway down a rabbit hole, sniffing hard( his nose was about the only thing working properly), so I guess he was still hunting when he went over the bridge. My dear Kieran, who had bloat- I took him for a short car ride, to a place he liked to run in.... My Mum's old cat, who had a large tumour, was sunning himself under a shrub, quite happy. and our foal, who had a prolapsed hernia, was standing alongside his mum, under the tree where he was born. 12 mths. before. Tiana I love the fact that your ratties are with you in the pot plants..our dogs for the past 40 yrs. are all on a hill overlooking the house. cats, chooks, guineafowl etc, are under fruit trees. It is nice to hear of vets who don't charge a fortune.. where I worked, I always felt horrible..people had just lost a friend, were very upset, and they had to PAY! The worst bit was getting them to sign a form authorising us to PTS their animal..it seemed so "official". I must admit, I did take pride in "presenting " their pet for those that took them home...just making them look comfortable, and brushing ruffled coats, washing them if needed, and wrapping them in their blanket or whatever...It made people feel a bit better ..seeing how peaceful and pain-free their pet looked.... Sorry If I upset/annoyed anyone

Sorry, Anastasia....