R.I.P Jacques

[Limbo]

Deep footprints doesn't even begin to describe it.
But I do believe he's well now and doesn't suffer any more.
And I hope our dog Fiffi is taking good care of him. The two of them always used to play together, and he was really down after she passed away 2½ years before him.

You really find out who's a true friend trough hard times.
One person I spoke to after he had been put to sleep thought it would be an oh-so-funny joke to say that it probably was my fault he died and that I was a terrible owner, before that person even knew what had happened that lead to him having to be put to sleep.
That person should be really glad that the conversation wasn't face to face when saying a thing like that as a joke at a time like that.
Hope little Jacques gave her nasty nightmares for saying things like that as a joke and thinking she was being hilarious.

[Karen]

One person I spoke to after he had been put to sleep thought it would be an oh-so-funny joke to say that it probably was my fault he died and that I was a terrible owner, before that person even knew what had happened that lead to him having to be put to sleep.
That person should be really glad that the conversation wasn't face to face when saying a thing like that as a joke at a time like that.
Hope little Jacques gave her nasty nightmares for saying things like that as a joke and thinking she was being hilarious.

Probably thumped her hard with those big back feet, a friend like that is no friend at all!

[Limbo]

People who can even bear to say something to cruel to someone who has just lost someone dear shouldn't even exist. Especially when they know just how much we did for little Jacques.
Where most would probably pick to put a pet to sleep right away due to money issues, no matter what, we never let money come in the way for his health, even if it meant taking loans to pay off the costs that his insurance didn't. And he had such a wonderful vet who really tried his best and became extremely attached to little Jacques. He was just one of those little chinchillas that grew on people very fast.
Even the vet cried and couldn't even bear to be in the room when we had to put him to sleep. He had another vet come in to give him the final shots.

But that vet is really the best vet we could have possible ever hoped for. He was patient, spoke to his little patients and really earned their trust and all of that.
He was a specialist on small and exotic animals at that, so he really knew what he was doing. So when he told us the dire news we knew very well that there was nothing left to do.
He had literally done everything he possible could for little Jacques, up till the very end.
And little Jacques did visit the vet quite a few times trough life.
Guess that he had bad genetics from his parents. Bought him in a pet store, so there is no way of knowing if the parents are healthy or have a lot of genetic faults. But he was still the best chinchilla in the world. Just extremely unfortunate when it came to genetics.