R.I.P. Winnie III

September 17th, 2007 — Pets
Post written by: beagoodmom

By reading this, you are sworn to secrecy. Remember that.

Winnie III has died. BAGD and I came upon her in her final hours yesterday. She was laying on her side and panting. It was very sad. We offered the best Hamster Hospice care that we could and left her to die in peace. Now, we have a dilemma. Same one we have faced before, but with a twist.

BAGD’s uncle recently bought his kids a hamster. A week or so after they got her home, she gave birth to 7 babies. Quite a surprise. The pet store offered to take them back, but he is going to keep them a while and see what happens. So, we need a hamster…he has 7 extras to get rid of.

Do we tell the kids that Winnie died? Do we let them pick out one of Uncle’s new hamsters, to cushion the blow? Or do we replace Winne III in the same manner that we replaced Winnie Uno and Winnie Duece?

We decided to sneak in a new Winnie 4.0. We felt that Geetle would be Ok with Winnie III’s death and could get behind picking out one of Uncle’s new hamsters for her very own. But those hamsters are just 14 days old right now. So when we took our new hamster home, he/she would be no more than a month old and pretty fragile. What if he/she died too? That would be 2 deaths to handle within a very short period of time.

So, Winnie III is “at the groomers” right now. Sometime this week, BAGD will go and pick up Winnie 4.0 and bring her home….back from “the groomer’s.” Only you, me and BAGD will know the truth.

winnie rip

I would like to offer this eulogy to Winnie III. Winnie, of all the Winnies, you were my favorite. After seeing how you ran around in your wheel and ball, I can hardly believe that your little hamster heart gave out on you. You seemed so physically fit. You were very friendly and the kids loved you. We will help your memory live on.



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    • 3 Comments »

    1. Aunt Bean said,

      September 18, 2007 @ 1:13 pm

      I can’t help but wonder, do you have plan on how you are going to discuss death when you can’t have a replacement brought in? I understand why you are camoflaging the multiple Winnie deaths, but do have a plan for the next level? We have covered actual death already, but are unsure how to approach the next level ourselves.

    2. BeAGoodDad said,

      September 18, 2007 @ 1:28 pm

      We’ve been through it a few times already with the fish and one of Mamaw’s dogs. We’ve been putting it off with the Winnie’s because this particular Winnie was around before those other deaths.

      In a humorous twist, the hamster in Geetle’s classroom died over the weekend. She was totally fine with it and explained that they are going to wait a little while before replacing it in the class.

      So, we might be rethinking how we handle Winnie and telling her what really happened tonight and then letting her pick out one of the baby hamsters from my uncle.

    3. Be A Good Mom » Our New Winnie said,

      September 19, 2007 @ 5:18 am

      [...] etc. Then she casually told us that Sunny had died. Sunny is the class hamster. Given our recent Winnie problem, we were taken by [...]

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