I know Sparrow shouldn't have been PTS and disagree with my dogs being on chains, but guess what? I am FIFTEEN YEARS OLD. I CANNOT do anything about the way my pets are treated.
My pet RAT was very sick when she died because she was recovering from a surgery when she got the abscess. She went to the vet at least 3 times after the surgery but facial abscesses in rats are VERY difficult to treat. The abscess made a hole in her chin that food and water leaked through, and my vet and I did our VERY BEST to treat her. MY vet was SURPRISED when he heard that my rat had died, and I didn't see it coming, either. We aren't 100% sure that the abscess was the sole cause of death but I know that she couldn't intake medications because of it.
You think I agree with the way my mom's pets are treated? I don't. I think my mom is ****ing nuts. And my rats get top notch care, I freak out at the first sign of a sneeze and my dad takes them to the vet when I say they need it. My parents are divorced. The animals at my dad's [3 rats, 2 cats and a dog] are cared for well. The ones at my mom's [3 dogs, 5 cats] are not. I think my mom needs to start taking her animals to the vet or rehome them, but guess what? I can't force her to. I have absolutely no influence over the way her animals are cared for. She WILL NOT listen to me.
Do you understand this, or am I at risk of being attacked every time I post simply because I'm underage and can't control the way my animals are treated? I have told my mom - "I wish the dogs could come inside." "I wish the cat were spayed." "I wish you would take my pets to the vet." Do you think she listens to me? If you do, you are very, very mistaken. But just because my mom thinks the way she keeps her animals is ethical doesn't mean I do, understand?