14.11.2010 - 02.03.2013
Today we said goodbye to Trip. We found him cuddleing with his brothers in his hammock.
Trip first came to us with his brother Zed. They were Pets at home rescues (no one wanted to buy them as they were to big) They were fully grown boys, but I don’t think it was that what put people off. They both had bad eyes, cataracts, it never bothered them at all though. stupid people they were, not wanting two beautiful PEW dumbo boys originally called Kris & Kringle.
We named Trip from one of our favourite programs - Dirty Sexy Money. He was our favourite character, and both of them having white hair - Trip seemed like a good name.
When we first got the two boys they were always together, where ever Trip was, Zed wouldn’t be far behind
Trip & Zed meeting their new brothers, Chip, his tail is on the left and Twitch.
When we first got trip, whenever he was awake he was always scratching. He didn’t have flees, he just enjoyed having a good scratch. Whenever we heard a rats tapping foot on the bottom of the cage, most of the time it was our little man Trip
Trip having a scratch
Throughout Trips life, his favourite food has always been rattie triangles, he munched them down quite fast, once i saw him eat 6, one after the other.
Trip eating his Triangles in the hammock
Trip and zeds 1st Birthday stash
When Trip was about 1 year old a tumour grew on his neck, just under his chin. We didn’t think it was going to be good news as, he just stopped eating. We took him to the vets, and they removed it. Within a couple of hours he was eating as normal.
A couple of weeks after the operation we noticed he wasn’t using his back legs as well as he used to. He had HLD. L When we saw he was having trouble getting around the cage we took the shelf out of the cage, (it may have taken him longer than usual, but he got around fine.)
Whenever Trip came out of the cage we always used to give him a scratch around his ears, as he couldn’t do it for himself (HLD) He loved us doing it for him
Trip supprisingly spent three Christmas’s with us
All the boys together on Christmas day - Christmas 1.
Trip running off with some of his Christmas dinner, he really loved his potatoes – Christmas 2
Trip with one of his younger brothers Spike – Christmas 3
About a month before Trips 2nd Birthday we noticed he had another lump on his neck, where he previously had the other removed. We thought it would of been cruel to put him through another operation, so if he was still eating he was ok. He kept eating and eating.
Trip running off with his Birthday treats
Trip loved his brothers very much, curling up Zed was probably his favourite place
In the hammock with his bro
You stayed with Zed for as long as you could Trippy man, he is missing his big brother to cuddle up to.
Have fun at Rainbow Bridge Trippy man, share out all the yoggies we put in, we will miss your Trippy cuddles, you were a lovely man who wouldn’t hurt a fly. Thanks for staying with us for so long, Zeddy man misses you, and loves you, as do me and daddy.
Our lovely sleepy Trip