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well I was having a ****ty day, depressed, crying vomiting and all that fun stuff, and my Aunt called, said she was going to some garage sales, and asked if i wanted to go. Me and my mother used to go to garage sales when she was able to drive, so i figured it'd be nice to do it again, to "garage sale shop in her honor", and though i bought nothing but a Nintendo Duck Hunt cap, we stumbled upon some people selling some full blooded chihuahua puppies for 80 bucks.
I considered buying one at first, but changed my mind and moved on to the next sale, then remembered my mother saying she wanted a chihuahua a few years back, fighting back the tears i walked back and bought the only girl one they had and named it after her.
what they didn't tell me however, is that this puppy was still on the tit milk,i have to bottle feed it warm milk, and spoon feed it baby food every 3 hours. This was what was suggested to me by my aunt who rescues animals and so far thats what I've been doing and its not dead yet, so I'm guessing its working
it will sounds stupid i know, but having to force feed it like this reminded me of my mother when i had to help her eat sometimes, it made me a nervous wreck, my eyes were bloodshot, my nose started bleeding (stress related), and i couldn't (still cant) quit shaking. Ive come to the conclusion that there is no way in hell that i can bring myself to take care of another living thing. I don't trust myself, I failed to be there for my mother in her final hours, and if something happened to this puppy and someone(thing) else died because i wasn't there, I would probably go insane, and i don't mean that in a joking manner.
I've started considering letting its cage door stay open so my cat can kill it, so i can blame it on the cat to get rid of it, so i am clearly not in the right mindset after 3 very stressful nights without sleep,
My game plan for now, is to take care of it until it can eat on its own (however long that is)and then try to sell it to get my money back, (full blooded chihuahuas usually sell for 150-200 bucks) as i don't think i could stomach giving away a puppy to someone who was unprepared for it.
Does anyone, and I mean ANYONE have any advice on taking care of a 3-4 week old puppy? or any secret way to get them to stay asleep longer? so I can get some sleep myself?
Like i said ive been bottle feeding it, but it still cries and cries. I cant hold it outside of its cage or the cat tries to kill it, I know all it wants to be held but the cat wants blood, He has never acted this way, it would only take a single mistake to kill it, and it would be my fault for exposing the dog to the cat.
I know its just a puppy, and i probably look like a giant pussy to all you guys wigging out like this over a dog, but the little bastard reminds me of my mother, so it stresses and worries the **** out of me that something might happen to it, and that it would be my fault again if it did.
long ass post/rant ftw (and i truly am sorry for the depressing emo parts)
EDIT** I just noticed the thread title >_>, i interpreted abandoned as in taken away from its mother prematurely, wrong definition i know but it seemed to fit at the time
I considered buying one at first, but changed my mind and moved on to the next sale, then remembered my mother saying she wanted a chihuahua a few years back, fighting back the tears i walked back and bought the only girl one they had and named it after her.
what they didn't tell me however, is that this puppy was still on the tit milk,i have to bottle feed it warm milk, and spoon feed it baby food every 3 hours. This was what was suggested to me by my aunt who rescues animals and so far thats what I've been doing and its not dead yet, so I'm guessing its working
it will sounds stupid i know, but having to force feed it like this reminded me of my mother when i had to help her eat sometimes, it made me a nervous wreck, my eyes were bloodshot, my nose started bleeding (stress related), and i couldn't (still cant) quit shaking. Ive come to the conclusion that there is no way in hell that i can bring myself to take care of another living thing. I don't trust myself, I failed to be there for my mother in her final hours, and if something happened to this puppy and someone(thing) else died because i wasn't there, I would probably go insane, and i don't mean that in a joking manner.
I've started considering letting its cage door stay open so my cat can kill it, so i can blame it on the cat to get rid of it, so i am clearly not in the right mindset after 3 very stressful nights without sleep,
My game plan for now, is to take care of it until it can eat on its own (however long that is)and then try to sell it to get my money back, (full blooded chihuahuas usually sell for 150-200 bucks) as i don't think i could stomach giving away a puppy to someone who was unprepared for it.
Does anyone, and I mean ANYONE have any advice on taking care of a 3-4 week old puppy? or any secret way to get them to stay asleep longer? so I can get some sleep myself?
Like i said ive been bottle feeding it, but it still cries and cries. I cant hold it outside of its cage or the cat tries to kill it, I know all it wants to be held but the cat wants blood, He has never acted this way, it would only take a single mistake to kill it, and it would be my fault for exposing the dog to the cat.
I know its just a puppy, and i probably look like a giant pussy to all you guys wigging out like this over a dog, but the little bastard reminds me of my mother, so it stresses and worries the **** out of me that something might happen to it, and that it would be my fault again if it did.
long ass post/rant ftw (and i truly am sorry for the depressing emo parts)
EDIT** I just noticed the thread title >_>, i interpreted abandoned as in taken away from its mother prematurely, wrong definition i know but it seemed to fit at the time