Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Dobby is a free rat




Our wonderful little double rex blue agouti dumbo, Dobby passed away two days ago. We aren't sure what took him, but we do know that it was incredibly quick. He was fine Thursday, a little tired seeming but not sick in anyway we could notice. Friday we began to notice troubling signs, piloerection and lethargy as well as minor porphyrin production. The porphyrin came in such small amounts we don't even know if it was from the illness or from sleeping in excess, which I guess in that aspect it would be from illness.

We fed him antibiotics for two days and by the end of Saturday night he was losing fur around his neck. The image above is, unfortunately, one of the only few images we have. It was taken the night he died. He was so loving, giving kisses and yawns right up to the end when he used his sweet Dobby magic to travel to the bridge.

We will miss you Mr. Dobbs, always.