Tinkie A.D.

A bridge between the hands and the heart…

It had been six months of hell with my pet bunny Trinket battling E.Cuniculi, two episodes of head tilt that took over a month to recover from, a reoccuring bladder infection that spread and caused serious kidney damange, four two week episodes of not eating and having to be syringe fed due to drug reactions, but then rebounding  between each episode all while undergoing acupunture treatment to help her regain her own mobility with escelating hind end weakness that would bring on temporary hind end paralysis. And with a few close brushes with death, I was sure I had little time left with my sweet little “heart bun”. During this time the bond between myself and this sweet, strong little bun had become so deep and I just wasn’t ready to let her go and feared eveyday that it might finally be the time I couldn’t save her.

Even through all this Trinket remained willful, communicative, expressive and ever more loving with every day. It would be nothing for her to stay snuggled in my arms for hours on end smooching my face and neck.

Over the recent months I had read a few book on the subject of animal communication and was thoroughly intrigued. So after a few weeks of deep thought I decided to go ahead with a reading for Trinket with an Animal Communicator Sheila Trecartin after friend of mine and Reiki Master recommended her. My main concerns were centered around when and if to euthanize Trinket and  if she understood what was happening to her and was ready to go. I suppose I feared hanging on too tightly to her would cause more harm.

Being very intuitive myself I already felt that I had connected with Trinket on a deeper level and understood her feelings and some of her thoughts, but I sought a second opinion that would be emotionally detached from the situation. Sheila came highly recommended after being able to locate my friend’s cat that had been missing for several weeks by using animal communication.

The reading was done by me sending her a photo via email to her along with Trinket’s name and my questions. My questions were mostly asking if Trinket understood her illness and if she had any information for the vet to help her. I also asked about when it would be her time to pass and how it would unfold. I did mention to Sheila that Trinket has been ill for several months and that she was having issues with a sensitivity to her medication. That was all the revealed in my email to her. Below is the reading I received back from her. I have copied word for word as Trinket relayed her thoughts to her. My comments are added in blue

Trinket Reading Aug. 18, 2008  The following is my direct communication with Trinket. Please keep in mind that this is her perception of how she views things.  

~Trinket says to tell you that she feels she is the luckiest rabbit in the entire world!  All I can say is I bawled when I read this.

~She says she simply could not possibly want for anything as she has it all/you provide all she needs.  

~She sends you love and gratitude.  Trinket is extremely affectionate, it a more unusal trait in rabbits, but it wasn’t always so. It was only since she became ill that her smooching and snuggling began.

~She says she has pressed on in life for you. She says if it was not for you she would have given up/packed it in a long time ago. She says you are her guiding light, her strength.  I wondered exactly this if I was prolonging her life but I feared if it was a mistake. My vet agreed with me that the love and will in T was still a sign she desired to live.

~She talks about irritation in the throat. She says sometimes the inside of her throat feels raw and that is when she does not want to eat.  I later realized when she was going off her food and I had to syringe feed her, I was mixing her Crital Care too thick and I wonder now it was to hard for her to swallow. She seems to like it better on the runny side and it goes down alot easier.

~She says she is an “only” bunny and prefers it that way. She feels she is superior to the intellect of most other rabbits. She then says she also has a bit of a fear of what other rabbits will do. She says she likes her people, thank you!  T was bitten the first day she came to us and since then she will seek out any bun no matter the size and attack. She is two pounds and will outfight a six pound fatty!! We already gave up years ago at ever bonding her to another rabbit.

 ~She says “3 ago” (I believe she means years?) she felt she had a close call/ a near death experience so to speak. She says she feels you saved her. She wants you to know that changed her level of love for you. She trusts you and believes you will do anything for her.  Yes she did, it was three months prior. After a month of head tilt and living on her side and being fed crital care off a spoon she took a downward spiral when she refused to eat and became extremely weak, I was convinced I would loose her, but we persuvered and she pulled through. I had refused to let her go and kept syring feeding every few hours just small amounts to keep her going.

~She says she does not feel her heart as very strong. She talks about pain that radiates from the center of her chest outward. She says she does not know what is wrong with her but realizes it is serious as she feels your worry.  She is recieving Holistic Vet care with Chinese herbs, acupunture and chirpractic along with her traditional treatment. Her holistic vet is treating her kidney and spleen, but it seems that at this time she had limited Chi moving through her system. Her life force was weak and this showed in her pulse even. Athough her heart is fine, her overall life force has been weak. I had been overwhelmed with worry about her life force giving out on her. After months of weekly treatments she is doing really well now as of Feb /09 she is fianlly stable although still has to be watched for bladder infecitons and now her calcium levels. In the fall after this reading she also came down with pnuemonia which nearly took her out.

~She says she is very curious and loves to know about what people are doing and why. She asks that you sometimes take time out to dictate to her on what is going on and why.  I’ve always beleived the buns were senstive to this. They need to know why we are going out and when we’ll be home. They like their routine so now I explain anything new to all of them.

 ~She says she would like cheese to eat. I m not sure if this is rally cheese but she shows a soft round like orange treat and she calls it cheese. LOL, this is a yorgurt treat that is a little drop. Years ago I used to give all the buns pink ones that were berry flavor. I went out and got more but she wouldn’t eat them until I got the orange Carrot flavored ones. One day I put out a pink one, a white one and orange one and I asked her ” show me the cheese!” She went for the orange one!! She loves cracker so we joke now she is having her crackers and cheese!

 ~She shows that sometimes she just sits and stares at the wall for long periods of time. She says she is just taking time out and trying to not feel any outside stimuli. Sort of a version of meditation for her. OMG, she totally does this, I had worried about it but now I do feel better about this

 ~She talks about seeing horses somewhere. She feels you would have a strong natural connection with them.  There are horses at several farms along our drive to work. I had a pony and my parents had horses when I was a kid, but i have no desire to have them now, other than I do fantasize about having a miniture pony.

~She says she likes purples and greens and soft yellow.  WE have focused on these colors for her with her bedding and clothes!! LOL yes we dress her us, she loves a cute Tshirt!!

~She asks for a stick shaped food with things attached to it. This reminds me of a treat you would give a pet bird.  I got her this but it did not interest her.

~She says she tries to communicate to you through physical gestures and movements. She shows stomping or tapping her foot, twitching up her fur, flicking her ears and other motions. She says she has developed this to communicate to you/with you better.  T is extremly physically communicative and is easily understood by her physical gestures, even our vet has remarked on how extrodianry this is!

~She shows a green plastic bowl (this could be a request).  She didn’t have one so I got her one, but she doesn’t eat out of it, I keep her hay in it, but she won’t eat her hay either.

~She asks for a white ball to play with. This looks like a golf ball to me.  WE go her one but she has showed not interest in this.

~She says there is something green she eats that makes her feel bad.  T has had issues with too much calcium in her urine which has been a big contibutor to her urinary infecitons. We are to limit hight calcium greens and veg, but I put this back in her diet once she did finally recover from months of urinary infecitons and sludge. As of March /09 I am having to again take these things out of her diet again- Kale, parsley, spinach are all way too high calcium along with alfalfa pellets we had been feeding attemptign to keep her weight up.

~She says her dies are tender to the touch and she asks that you are very careful in how you pick her up. She suggest you scoop her under the chest and back end.  T’s legs are deformed now as a result of her hind end weakness. One leg is fused out behind her and the other is splayed out beside her like a flipper, plus she was loosing muscle mass.

~Trinket feels her name has been changed from what it was. She says Trinket isn’t her full/actual name but she likes it. She actually says she would like to be called “T”.  

~She says she feels her body system is off. She says she gets a little woozy sometimes. She wonders what can stop the dizziness?  This fianlly hit home after this reading. With this in mind I had fianlly been able to reconize a dizzy spell which in E.Cuniculi bunnies is a precursor to seizures. She has responded well to an herbal treatment that she took for months.

~She says please don’t allow smoke near her.  I used to burn incense at my store where she was the offical hostess.

~She shows an older pick up truck and says to watch it as it isn’t safe. She says something is wrong with near the wheels or the bar that goes across and connects the wheels. I  think it is the back she is referring to.  My husbands truck is an old pick up truck totally in need of a major overhaul, like brakes, tires and suspension work. I won’t ride in it if I can help it.

~She shows a man with a beard that she really likes to be with /interact with she says to send him love.   My husband has a beard

~Trinket says you are very thorough with things  but you try to do everything at once. She says prioritize and make a list to help you. She laughs and says sometimes it’s funny to watch you move all over the place but she doesn’t feel it’s productive for you.  This so describes me, its beyond funny. I’ll often forget what I was doing because I started anohter project halfway through. I guess you could say I’m a multitasker that is out of control! LOL

~For some reason she feels you and Dave should go fishing.  We cannot figure this one out and haven’t yet followed this advice.

~She speaks of a younger dark haired girl. She says this girl is very sensitive and quite insecure. Trinket says fear stops this girl from doing a lot of things. She says to send this girl love and help her to see she is pretty and can do anything she wants /would like. Trinket says this girl needs your guidance. I have a couple of female freinds say they wondered if they were this girl, so??

 ~She feels you should work with animals in some way but she cautions you to remember to allow them to be who they need to be. By this she means….. you will feel like you need to rescue them but not all need to be or want to  be rescued. She says just doing what you need to and are supposed to is enough.  I have my Masters Level in Reiki and have decided to work mostly with animals, I am also taking a course in Animal Communication myself. I do have issues with staying emotionally detached. I seem to feel the need to save them all.

 ~She warns her dad “Dave about laying back and eating. she says this will cause health issues down the road and is harmful to his digestion. She suggest he sit up straight and pay attention to what is in his mouth as he chews. She says outside distractions are not good either. She also suggests magnetic therapy for his hands. This helps with pain and discomfort.  OMG, I nearly had a stroke when I read this. This is exactly what he does. He lays back staring at the TV and shovels mindlessly, it can be scary some days.

~She says she loves when you all lay in bed together. She enjoys big fluffy blankets and pretends they are hills and caves. She says this is entertaining. She had played on the bed as a little baby but since this reading we bring her up to bed to snuggle under the covers. She’ll rest with her head in our necks resting on the pillow.

 ~She talks about a black and white rabbit that she was fond of. She says she misses him.  Her big sister (house mate) Minnie was black and white and T was obcessed with her, but because Minnie bit T when she first came to live here, she will not bond with any rabbit.

~She wonders what we can do to stop/control her dizziness?  WE got her the herbal treatment!

~She shows a medal container that looks like an old mild can. She say she likes the reflections off of this.  WE have an antique milk can that sits on the floor, but really don’t know what this is about.

~She says it is not her time to go just yet. She feels she will perk up and have a god spurt for a bit. She says if she did have to leave she feels it would be okay. She says your love has been all she needed/wanted this time around. Trinket is still with us now in March of /09 after another two close calls with death, she just keeps recovering even when the vet thought it was doubtful. She truly is a miracle bunny. She uses a cart now and can still drag herself around with her front paws. She truly has been an inspriation and I still don’t know how I’ll ever be able to say good bye when that time comes.

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Tags: animal communication, e. cuniculi, hospice, Trinket

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