Gadget Goes to Alison and RIP Pollyanna

I found a chomped baby with Gadget today. She was pregnant and on her last chance to have and raise a litter. The chomped baby was too mangled to tell the sex, and fresh enough to be really gross. I try not to think about it too hard or I get really depressed. Gadget will retire and go live with Alison. She is a super sweet girl, she's just not cut out to be a mother. Her mother, Decal, is an awesome mom, but Gadget didn't inherit Decal's mothering skills. She did, however, inherit Decal's cleverness and sweet personality. Oh well, you can't always have it all. Gadget will be really happy at Alison's 'Golden Gals Retirement Home' and Alison will be happy with Gadget. Alison just lost her sweet Pollyanna  a few days ago. It was sudden, and it happened while she was away on vacation. What a terrible thing to come home to. Pollyanna was a Hamor Hollow girl, and a very sweet girl too. So, in a way, I think Gadget is meant to go to Alison. It's not fate that Pollyanna died or that Gadget killed another litter, but it is nice that Gadget will have a loving home to go to and maybe she can help ease Alison's pain a little.

Back to the destroyed baby: If I let myself start thinking about it too much, thoughts of "I should have checked on her sooner and maybe I could have saved the baby" start entering my mind. The truth is, I couldn't have saved the baby. I'm not psycically linked to my animals, so I don't know the secound they have a baby. Also, I don't have any moms with babies little enough to foster and hand feeding usually doesn't work. knowing that doesn't make it easier. I would have loved to have a baby from Gadget, and now I won't get one.

I could breed her again and give it another shot, but there comes a point when you are fighting a losing battle. I still have Decal to breed, and Decal just gave me a daughter in her last litter that is staying here.

Happy Thoughts.....Happy Thoughts....Happy Thoughts..... Sometimes you just have to mentally retire to your Happy Place and start thinking Happy Thoughts. In breeding any animal, there are always lots of downs. It's good to have a Happy Place where you can go and hide for awhile. Finding your Happy Place helps you balance the bad with the good.

I'm ok with the destroyed litter. It's a part of breeding, and actually it happens more then I share in this blog. You sort of start getting numb to it a little bit. Not that it doesn't affect you, you just become able to push the bad off to the side and think about the good.... unless you are blogging about the bad, then you are forced to think about it. Anyway, The good is that there are more babies on the way from other moms.

-K