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My God...
I've never felt so incredibly terrible before in my entire life.
Today, I heard my sister scream downstairs, so I went to investigate. And when I got there, she was standing by the door, white as a ghost, and crying with her face half-buried in her hands. I went onto the porch and looked to my right, and witnessed the most disgusting and saddening thing I've ever seen in my life as a pet-owner. My rabbit... half her face was eaten away, because my fucking brother had left the cage open and his rat got inside. The little bastard chewed the entire left side of her fucking face off, and she was lying in a pool of blood on her side, with her bad leg sticking up in the air. I started crying, I'm still crying. The image was that terrible. She was almost the weight we needed for her leg amputation operation, but the little beast fucking killed her before she'd hit that limit. She was almost five, too, and her birthday is coming this December. It's not fair this happened to her! She didn't fucking deserve it. I can't even fucking look at my brother anymore, I'm so sickened by him. And his rats, God help them if I ever see them. I feel really numb, too, and sick. Really, really sick. The worst part of all of this, besides the fact my little baby is gone, is my brother wasn't even fazed by it. When he saw the corpse, the first thing out of his mouth was "what the fuck did I do?" when my father had told him he was to go to his room. And he stills denies it wasn't his fault, that it was my sister's and mine; he's even more concerned about the fact he's grounded than the fact my rabbit's dead, all because of his fucking stupidity. Why, of all ways she had to die, was it this way? |
Holy fucking hell; I don't even know what to say.
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:eek: :( Oh gods that's horrendous I'm so sorry. Rats are well known for attacking weak animals ( in the wild, but domestic rats still have all the same instincts of course ) and eating them. Quite a few don't realise. They will take young bird chicks if they can get them, or if they fall from the nest ect.
How on earth did your brother's rat get to the rabbit? Why was the rat loose????? This is awful I can't even begin to know what to say that would offer any comfort, other than that although her death was unpleasant and horrific, she isn't in pain anymore. |
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The little douchebag didn't lock the cage up, out of spite for my sister. They'd gotten into an argument, so to get back at her he just let his fucking rat loose. |
I am so sorry to hear of your loss. I have found several of my hamsters in the same.. condition, and it's always horrendous. I really do know how it is, and right now, I wish I could give you a hug. :(
I know it probably won't make you feel any better, but I can tell you that it was a quick and painless death. If there is anything I can do, and any more support I can give, let me know. I will be praying for both you and your bunny. |
That really is a shame, and I feel bad, but I feel I need to say: don't blame the rat.
It's just an animal, and it didn't do anything out of malice. Be angry at your brother's irresponsibility, but don't hate the animal. |
Having your face chewed on while alive is hardly going to be a quick and painless death... unless the poor thing was high on morphine or similar.
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I don't blame the rat as so much as I blame my stupid brother. But how would you feel if an animal fucking murdered one of your closest pets? I doubt you'd feel inclined to show it affection, Ophelia. It's an at-the-moment feeling. My dad wanted to get rid of it and throw it into the woods, but instead I sought to find it a home. I'd hardly call that hating, when I could very well let the animal suffer in the wild, and most likely be eaten by a predator than cared for by another human, where it's guaranteed a good, stable home. |
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Mir-The rabbit most likely had a heart attack and died before it had to suffer much of what the rat did. Most rodents react in such a manner when threatened and cannot flee.
Noir-I am so sorry. I truly hope that you are doing ok, even though you've lost your bunny, and I do hope your brother sees the fault in his actions and apologizes, at the very least. I know how it is to lose a pet and good friend, not to the extent you do, but just know we're all here for you. *HUGS* |
A rabbit is not a rodent. It is a mammal. Also, I have not been able to find any sources to back up the claims you have made. Mind pointing me to some?
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Anyway they used to be classified as rodents until they got their own family group for rabbits and hares. |
Man, my brain seems to have gone south.
I have been looking this up and most people argue that rabbits are not, and never were rodents. Well, how 'bout a reference to the heart attack thing? |
Watership Down is scary.
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Dam you edited.. |
I did not know that. Thanks for all that.
One of the arguments I found compelling were that rabbits = omnivorous, rodents = herbivorous. Perhaps that is why they changed their classification, because they were wrong? |
And they have an extra pair of incisors and have other skeletal/structural differences.
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Your trying to tell me rats aren't omnivorous ?
Anyway their skeleton structure is quite similar, Just like most mammals really. Remeber not all bears eat meat. Yet they are part of the order Carnivora. |
"rabbits = omnivorous, rodents = herbivorous."
I meant, rabbits = herbivorous, rodents = omnivorous. Still struggling with sleep. |
I'm sorry.
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I am sorry Noir. It always saddens me to learn an innocent and vulnerable entity died, and worse, died a preventable death. :hugs:
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I hate rats.
Dirty little bastards. If you want, you can borrow my friends 3 meter long Python. I'm sure it'll swallow the rat whole. |
That really has to be one of the most insensitive and pointless comments ever created.
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