Please everyone understand what I'm saying before you judge me. With all of this coronavirus stuff going on I've been locked up in my house most of the time with my girlfriend. A little backstory we had 3 rats, we had to put one down a week or so ago because she was in obvious pain so we had her euthanized at the vet which we had to wait 5 days for as it was. Then another one of our rats died overnight right after we euthanized the other one. And so we had one girl left and she was doing ok until randomly at 1 am my girlfriend woke me up and shower me her. She was so skinny her back and ribs were completely visible. She has 2 tumors, one of which is harder than stone and is the size of a pingpong ball. She was doing relatively well until that night. We tried to give her meat, baby food, anything and she wouldn't eat at all. Her breathing was so abnormal so we tried to creat a gas chamber with vinegar and baking soda. After waiting awhile we opened the chamber to see she was still alive. She was just trying to pass and she was obviously in pain and I couldn't take it anymore. I decided to snap her neck, it was quick I took her outside and placed her on a table. I told her over and over again how much I loved her and these last 2 years with her and all her sisters have made me a better man and a better boyfriend. I loved her and I told her probably 2 dozen times before I did it. Not to be too graphic but WARNING READING ANY FURTHER!!!!! . . .. ... ok so I placed her on the table and started to pet her and comfort her. I put my left palm of her head gently so not to crush her head. I grabbed her butt/back legs/tail and quickly snapped her neck. She died instantly and she wasn't in pain anymore. Please understand everyone I did what was best for her and it broke my heart to see her like that. She and all her sisters are buried in out back yard and I will never forget these rats. My only trouble is I've never killed an animal before in my life and the first time I have to do it with my bare hands to a rat I loved almost as much as my cats and other animals. I will live with myself I'm not trying to be over dramatic but how do you guys cope when you have to shoot a dog, or gas a pet. Or has anyone had to do what I did? Please I'm just looking for support, I love all my animals and would never have done that if she wasn't in the state she was in. Thank you for reading and I'm sorry to anyone who was uncomfortable reading this. I truly am sorry to my rat girl (her name was Totoro like the movie) I loved her so much and i sill love them all now.
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