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I have just done the hardest thing. I just burried Cupcake. Cupcake was Brittany's hamster. She was fine this morning when Brittany and I checked on her, I went down to feed/water everyone and she was sleeping in her cage, I went to feed her and she didnt move. I cant belive shes gone, Brittany is going to be so heartbroken, shes had her for about 2 1/2 years now. Cupcake was such a great hamster, would bite me as soon as look at me but loved Brittany completly. I have to break a little girls heart after school and let her know her special little girl has went to the bridge.
God spead Cupcake you were a great hamster, a beautiful girl, my heart melted the first time I saw you with Brittany, I hope you never wanted for anything, I know we tried to provide you with good food, a huge cage, all the toys we could think of, You were a light in Brittany's life and even though you didnt like me I loved seeing you nose stick through the bars of your cage just a tiny bit looking for Brittany every time anyone walked into the room. We loved you.


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I am so sorry Christy I'm sure she had a wonderful & full life with you & the girls.


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Lixx,
Thank you, Its just going to be so so hard to tell Brittany tonight. Thank god its a weekend and we can spend time with her and her not having to go to school the next day.


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I'm sorry Christy.. I can imagine Brittany will miss Cupcake alot..
Do you think you should have buried her right away before Brittany seen her? I know all children deal with it differently but sometimes they don't think it's real if they don't get a chance to say good-bye..
I guess you know her best though.. so if you disagree I understand..


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Sue,
Yes I didnt want Brittany to see dead in her cage, Brittany is a very visual kid if she see's something good or bad it sticks with her for a long time, I wanted her memories of Cupcake to be happy ones I wanted the last memory of her to be this morning when she kissed her goodbye before she left for school. I have put a stone on top of her grave but I will let Brittany go out and paint the stone or put flowers or what ever she wants to do for her. I havent taken her cage apart yet i moved it to another room but I cant take it apart yet, god the hamster hated me and im in tears here.


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Awww... that was a good idea to bury her then... hope she doesn't take it too hard..
for Brittany!


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Thanks Sue,
Ill tell her that everyone is thinking of her. IM sure she is going to take it very hard, as they were so close. She would come home from school and the very first thing she did was check in cupcake and pet her and make sure her water bottle had fresh cold water in it, and she had fresh food, I use to have to yell at her to STOP throwing away the food in the dish JUST because it sat from the time she left for school till the time she got home. Same routine in the morning before school I cant tell you how many times we were almost late as she HAD to kiss cupcake ONE more time before going to the bus in the mornings. She is really leaving a big void thats for sure.
Im not sure ill let her get hamsters again all though im sure the way she is at some point shes going to want another one, this is her 2nd hamster in her life that was hers alone both loved a spoiled life and to be over 2 years old.


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I'm so, so sorry. It's never easy when a pet passes away. Please tell Brittainy how very sorry I am she's lost her Cupcake. Tell her Cupcake is with my rats now, and has loads of company at the Bridge


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I am so sorry to hear about your loss and your daughters loss. I think it was a good idea to bury her....sometimes I wish I wouldn't have seen my guniea pigs, rats and most of all my beloved cat of 19 years dead. What a wonderful idea to have her paint the stone or plant flowers....I always insisted to my mom to plant flowers
I am sorry you have to deliver such bad news....my mom has always been the one to tell me bad news. I appreciate that she is direct and honest, comforts me and always answered my questions. I was always comforted to know that my mom loved the animals as much as I did and felt the loss too.
I am sorry again for your loss!


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Thanks Amanda,
Yeah im always the bad news person in the house, hubby says there MY animals (and the kids) so I get to deal with it, thena gain im ALWAYS the one giving bad news about EVERYTHING.
Im so dont want to tell her this, I can still remember the last time Ihad to tell her her hamster died (she was little over 4) she cried for a week for Mousey. Im going to be honest with her about Cupcake, tell her the truth that she was just old and it was her time, that she was needed on teh bridge to play with the other animal that have went before her and that she was very loved, and had the best life any hamster could have wanted with Brittany as her mommy. I mean this girl even went as far as taking fleece material and cutting up a bunch of squars and making blaknkets for her, I did burry her with one of the blankets brittany had in her cage for her.
I burried her over in our woods, as Brittany was always saying if it had been safe shed take her over to the woods to play but she knew it wasnt safe so she couldnt.