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Around 5pm yesterday, we said our goodbyes to our sweet Jaska. We'd taken him to the vet yesterday morning as he had an impacted cheek pouch and he was very weak, struggling to stand or walk. I'd tried to help him on Friday and managed to get some of it cleared but not all. The gave him a little gas and got the pouches cleared and we brought him home a few hours later. He was extremely weak and never really seemed to recover, he was just lying in his carrier not moving and even when I lifted him out to put him in his cage he just lay there. I hoped it was just the gas and checked on him frequently. The last time we checked on him he had passed. He was still slightly warm to the touch so I don't think he had been gone long. He looked very peaceful lying there so hopefully he went without pain. I feel bad that I didn't stay with him but Jaska always preferred his own company and I struggled all afternoon about if I should just take him out his cage and keep him with me or let him be.
He was a very sweet and gentle little guy, never making a fuss but mostly preferring his own company. I'll miss hearing him banging his whimzee toothbrush on the inside of his ceramic house each morning, that was always his sign that I could come and visit him for a little while. He would sit on my hand and take a few seeds and let me give his fur a little stroke before he went away back to his nest. I'll miss those precious 5 minutes that I got to spend with my shy little Jaska bean. You will always be in our hearts Jaska, and we'll think of you every day. Have fun with Boris, Pasha, Max and your friends and look after each other xx
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