Pressed enter by mistake, supposed to be titled "I really don't want to do this"
This is very difficult for me to write. I have been having a lot of medical problems with my birds lately. I've been to the vet more times for my birds in the past two months than I have in my whole life, and if I was closer to a professional 24/7 avian vet, that wouldn't be a problem. However, they have been consistently having problems on the weekends when my vet isn't open, and it is really taking a toll on my mental health. I've also lost two birds during all of this, and it has been a lot to deal with. The nearest emergency vet is a few hours away, the wait is long, and I usually don't have means to get there. I am thinking of rehoming my birds to a rescue that will take care of them for me. It's the hardest thing I've ever had to do, and it hurts so bad, but I don't know if I can keep doing this. I woke up today to possibly two, or all three, of my birds having problems that could be so many different things. I want to get them care the second I see that something is wrong, but I can't with where I am right now due to my vet being closed. Waiting the two days drives me crazy and causes prolonged physical pain and nausea, and I can't just sit and possibly watch my birds deteriorate. They're acting almost completely normal right now, but I know birds hide illnesses, and I feel like I am so stressed out all the time. I keep thinking that everyone is healthy and that everything will be fine, but then one or multiple of them start showing symptoms of an illness again. I love birds, and I would love to have them in the future, but I have decided that I would want to live near a 24 hour emergency clinic so that I can take them in whenever it's needed. I also am a college student not making much money, and while I do have money saved up, it has been getting used up quite fast, and I never want money to be an element in getting care for them. I want to have birds when I have a good job so that that is never an issue. I first got parakeets when I was 11, and of course I never considered stuff like this, but I still feel awful. My outlook was always that I would never rehome unless absolutely necessary. That I would be committed to my pets for their entire life....But I've never felt like this before. I don't know if I'm making the right decision. Has anyone ever gone through this? Did you regret it? Am I ever going to feel okay about this? I feel like it's going to haunt me. How do I know that whoever adopts that will care about them as much as I do? How can I know they'll get the medical attention they need? I want them to go to a foster based resuce that has a really good application and screening process, but even then I just....I don't know. Any input is welcome, even if you haven't experienced this.
This is very difficult for me to write. I have been having a lot of medical problems with my birds lately. I've been to the vet more times for my birds in the past two months than I have in my whole life, and if I was closer to a professional 24/7 avian vet, that wouldn't be a problem. However, they have been consistently having problems on the weekends when my vet isn't open, and it is really taking a toll on my mental health. I've also lost two birds during all of this, and it has been a lot to deal with. The nearest emergency vet is a few hours away, the wait is long, and I usually don't have means to get there. I am thinking of rehoming my birds to a rescue that will take care of them for me. It's the hardest thing I've ever had to do, and it hurts so bad, but I don't know if I can keep doing this. I woke up today to possibly two, or all three, of my birds having problems that could be so many different things. I want to get them care the second I see that something is wrong, but I can't with where I am right now due to my vet being closed. Waiting the two days drives me crazy and causes prolonged physical pain and nausea, and I can't just sit and possibly watch my birds deteriorate. They're acting almost completely normal right now, but I know birds hide illnesses, and I feel like I am so stressed out all the time. I keep thinking that everyone is healthy and that everything will be fine, but then one or multiple of them start showing symptoms of an illness again. I love birds, and I would love to have them in the future, but I have decided that I would want to live near a 24 hour emergency clinic so that I can take them in whenever it's needed. I also am a college student not making much money, and while I do have money saved up, it has been getting used up quite fast, and I never want money to be an element in getting care for them. I want to have birds when I have a good job so that that is never an issue. I first got parakeets when I was 11, and of course I never considered stuff like this, but I still feel awful. My outlook was always that I would never rehome unless absolutely necessary. That I would be committed to my pets for their entire life....But I've never felt like this before. I don't know if I'm making the right decision. Has anyone ever gone through this? Did you regret it? Am I ever going to feel okay about this? I feel like it's going to haunt me. How do I know that whoever adopts that will care about them as much as I do? How can I know they'll get the medical attention they need? I want them to go to a foster based resuce that has a really good application and screening process, but even then I just....I don't know. Any input is welcome, even if you haven't experienced this.
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