fallblossom
Senior Member
My beautiful double rex girl had to be pts today due to pneumonia. The vet came in with a 1cc syringe full of this yellow coloured medication to make my rat 'sleepy'. I asked him if it would knock her out and he said it would not and that once she was sleepy he would do the lethal injection. At that moment my eyes welled up and I told him that my rat is suffering enough and that I don't want her to feel any pain and to please gas her.
My vet seemed a wee bit irritated and told me this is how he puts small animals down. As I stood there crying he went off to get a clear box to put her in and said, "Put her in there please". I asked which side since there was a divider in it and he told me it didn't matter. He went to the back with my rat and came back and told me my rat was almost out and when she is he would euthanize her. I wanted to be there, but felt since the vet was ticked off my request would have ticked him off further.
To me this is a barbaric way of putting a rat to sleep. However, this is my first time putting a beloved animal down and I am not a vet and could be wrong. The gassing costed extra but it was worth every penny and now my girl is suffering no more.
My vet seemed a wee bit irritated and told me this is how he puts small animals down. As I stood there crying he went off to get a clear box to put her in and said, "Put her in there please". I asked which side since there was a divider in it and he told me it didn't matter. He went to the back with my rat and came back and told me my rat was almost out and when she is he would euthanize her. I wanted to be there, but felt since the vet was ticked off my request would have ticked him off further.
To me this is a barbaric way of putting a rat to sleep. However, this is my first time putting a beloved animal down and I am not a vet and could be wrong. The gassing costed extra but it was worth every penny and now my girl is suffering no more.