I'm tore up about losing Petunia too. I absolutely hate that. It's heartbreaking. If Beaver Heaven exists, I know for a 100% fact that Petunia is up there building dams. I miss that cute little critter already. 😞
Thank you, Holley for giving your love to those beautiful precious souls. Petunia - the princess angel of all princess angels - how we love her so. xxx
I fell I love with her and hysterical crying … I am so very sorry fir catastrophic loss…… what happened? Please know animals are part of our soul family and you will see her again… 🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻
My heart aches . I am so sorry Holley. Please use this to build/buy a plaque in memory of Petunia. Maybe more bananas for Tulip and Stormy. And of course not forgetting vet bills and the new enclosure for them. It’s not much but hope it covers something.
@@CharLiAdventures Links to PayPal and Woodside Wildlife Rescue are usually included in the description box of each video. However, they are not in this one, but you can find them in the last video.
Thank you Holley for helping the beavers and all animals. Thank you for being willing to bear the pain and heartache when something like this happens to try and help them all you can. I personally couldn't do it and would avoid it just to avoid this pain because I love animals more than humans and nothing hurts more than when they die. So thank you for all you do. Rest in peace sweet Petunia we will miss you❤ Gone way too soon...life is cruel.
I’m so sorry for this loss, Dr. Muraco; I know you did your very best. Petunia had so much personality! I hope some beaver knowledge is gained from this loss. We’re all mourning with you 😢
Dear Dr.Holley thank you for sharing your precious moments with Miss Tulip ❤❤❤❤❤❤ God in his wisdom sends little Angels, their appearance maybe long or short but they give us hope and love of life! All of us who have lost fur babies know what you are feeling and those who have not experienced that feel the loss of greatness! From my own experiences each fur baby takes a piece of our hearts, and it hurts but we must remember all their joy they brought into our dull lives even if just for a second!! Lots of love to you Holley, your family and all your fur babies!!! Again I Thank YOU for sharing, educating and most of all including us all on these hard, difficult, challenging and joyous moments ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
A few more days or a few more weeks, however much time you need to grieve, take it. I'm not religious, but seeing the outpouring of love all over the world for one little animal is powerful. I like to imagine all this love has transformed Petunia into a rambunctious little spirit that'll hang around your home forever, continuing to provide your family with joy.
It looks like she is suckling on one of Petunia's favorite toys. It's probably the beaver equivalent of looking at photographs. Their sense of smell is so acute, and she isn't seeing Petunia anymore, so I'm sure she knew. She seems to be seeking comfort from the toy and from her human mom.
It makes me very sad that Tulip doesn't have Petunia's company, with how good they looked together... poor thing 😢 That stuffed animal was Petunia's favorite, I liked how she played with Mr. Bunny. Thanks to you Holly, for making the effort to share a video, cheer up ❤
Holley, I cannot begin to express my gratitude for the joy you bring to my life; nor can I offer enough comfort and support in your grief. You are an inspiration and a role model, showing us all what it means to be a good person. Not a perfect person, because such a thing is not even possible. But you show us what it means to thoughtfully choose the values and ideals that are most important to you, and then do your absolute best to act on them. Holley, you have enormous courage to embrace the vulnerability that comes with connecting to complete strangers around the world. You are an effective researcher, educator, and advocate for the wildlife and ecosystems in your care. You have remarkable intelligence, creativity, determination, and persistence. You reach out and collaborate, bringing people together to support animals that need help, and environments that need protection. You are honest and open, generous, kind, devoted, passionate, thoughtful, reasonable, and optimistic. You notice and appreciate the joy in delights large and small. You have a charming and delightful sense of humor. Most of all, you are full of love and compassion, which you lavish on the all the members of your family, (animal and human), the wildlife you encounter, and the environment you live in. And you share all of that - your life, your work, all that you are - with the world, everyday. You share all that entails: the highs and lows, successes and setbacks, disappointments and triumphs, elation - and yes - heartbreak. You make a real difference in the world. And I think I can confidently speak for thousands and thousands of people who live all over the globe, that you are appreciated and loved for all the things you do, and all the things you share. Thank you, Holley. 💕🌷🦫 💕🏵️🦫 💕🌪️🌹🦫 💕💚 💕💙
@@LChalifoux I am completely heartbroken. I cannot imagine the pain Holley is enduring. It's amazing how this little creature connected all of us. What astonishing power in that little tiny being with a gigantic personality. Fondly, Florence
Petunia's life was surely short but full of love. I will remember her just standing there and taking every breath of life to the fullest ❤. She had the best mom and family a beaver can ever have. She had the best friend (Tulip) a beaver can ever. have. We will all miss you, little Petunia ♥️
I'm glad you have each other to help get through this. My plush Tulip has been an emotional support beaver for me. Today I'm planting sunflowers in the garden to honor Petunia. I wish I knew why this poor little beaver, so sweet and vibrant, who truly embodied joie de vivre in its essence, had her life cut so short, when she seemed to have every advantage from the time she reached you. This is so difficult for me, even more than when my childhood dog died, because she was old, had lived a full life, and didn't suffer so much at the end. Whereas Petunia was so young and full of energy and possibility. So I can't imagine how difficult this is for you. Still, I am resolved to take a Petunia-eyed approach to life, to relish the wonder of novel experiences, and truly embrace the art of living. Rest in peace, sweet Petunia.
@decyattysyachpchyol Oh, what a beautiful message! How gorgeously put, referring to the Tulip plushie, the sunflowers, somehow now tightly associated w/ Princess Petunia, her joie de vivre, all that created this bond between little Petunia and all of us. Thank you!
Holley, likely all of us who post here know the pain of losing a beloved animal friend. Tulip and Stormy need all your strength, so take as much time as you need to recover. Petunia's life mattered...She was loved and so very special....and we will never forget her. ❤
I was catching up on missed videos and just saw the sad news about our sweet baby Petunia. My heart is breaking, like so many others. Petunia packed a lot of living into her short little life and I’ll be forever grateful that you shared her journey with us. Please remember that if it wasn’t for you Dr Holley and your family, little Petunia wouldn’t have had the life she did. Sending much love to everyone and especially our sweet Tulip. 💔 😢 ❤️🩹
You've been in my thoughts a lot, Holley. Her passing has hit me really hard; I can't even imagine how devastating it's been for you. Petunia was special, and we all loved her. You gave her the best life she could have had, full of love and safety and bananas. What you do is so important, though, at times like these, emotionally taxing. Take the time you need to grieve. We'll be here to continue the journey.
There are no words to see Tuilip mourning over the loss of her sweet little companion. You are both in my thoughts. You will help each other through this. Petunia was precious and will never be forgotten.
@@HenritheHorse Thank you for taking the time to inform those of us who had not heard. I tried to figure out how I might have found out and couldn't. How did you find out? I can't find a video about it. Does Holley have another site to check?
@@janicemoore30 I too was wondering how I had missed it. It then occurred to me to go to Holley's RU-vid home page, where I clicked on "Community" and found the post.
Love to and prayers for you, Holley. 😢 Thank you for the GREAT privilege of being included in Petunia's wonderful, happy, feisty, all-too-brief, adventure. She lived as long as she was meant to. 😔😢 Thanks to you, she had the best adventure she could EVER have had. And the best part of her wonderful life: she knew that she was loved. Be kind to yourself as you walk along the winding path of grieving. Anger -- Denial -- Sorrow -- Guilt (please know that our sorrow is FAR outweighed by the JOY that you gave (and will be GIVING.... always) us via little Petunia) and..... someday..... Acceptance. Take care, Janice
Dear sweet Tulip. I am consoled that she is there to give solace and love to everyone. But she herself must be missing Petunia. We know that beavers create strong bonds and that bond has been lost. My heart aches for all of you. 😢
Oh, Holley... words fail again. And the tears are back, the sobs are back. It's just amazing how such a little creature can have so much power, can fill so much space, physical and emotional space. I still scream silently her name, not being able to take in the fact that she is no longer with us. Oh, Holley, please find comfort in the knowledge you made so many of us so happy by sharing her with us.
Holley, please take all the time you need. We understand and feel this profound loss with you and your family. 💔 Tulip may be grieving, too, not understanding what happened to her feisty friend.😢 There are so many beautiful comments on this thread - know that you are loved, and Petunia will live on in our hearts always. ❤️🦫❤️
Poor Tulip, loosing her little friend and not understanding why. But she feels 😢 Again Holley, all my love and strenght, take as long as you need, and lots of love and hugs for sweet Tulip ❤❤
I'm so heartbroken about Petunia 😥🌈🤍💛❤️🩷 what a blessing 🙏 she had so much love and a wonderful place to grow up. Her legacy will live on through Tulip and Stormy. She will always be in our hearts ❤
I’ll miss you, Petunia 😞💔 I got used to watch your bright eyes, your cheeky smile and your tiny hands. She made this world a bit better in her short life. Mother Nature can be cruel sometimes (at least in my human’s eyes) Please give my love to Tulip and Stormy ❤ they need their human mum more than ever.
Stay strong Holley, focus on how much better her short life was for you being there for her, thinking about you and sending our love from Yorkshire ❤ David & Anita
Take all the time you need, Holley.❤ We greatly share your pain, and want you to know we’re here supporting you, and sending you all so much love and many prayers. 🙏🏻❤️ May your hearts be comforted, and know that you gave our precious Petunia the very best care, love, enrichment, nutrition, companionship, and home. It hurts so much that the animals we love can have such short lives.💔😢 I’m so sorry for your heartbreak.🕊
This is why it is so unbearable : to give one's best efforts, to give them the best rehab and the best life possible, rightening the wrongs, and the unfair happens... life is a b%£#€, sometimes 😢
We love you Dr. Holley! Petunia will be forever missed. She was so bright and sweet. There are other beavers that need you now, including Stormy and Tulip. Stay strong. 🌷⛈️🌹🌸❤️🦫
I am so deeply sorry to hear what I’m hearing. Over the last few months I’ve been grappling with bouts of severe depression, and Petunia truly helped me get through sone dark times and made me smile when nothing and nobody else could. Holly thank you for everything you do for these animals. I am sincerely heartbroken, and I can only imagine your grief. Thank you again
Thank you so much, Holley, for sharing this sweet (heart-wrenching but sweet) moment between you and Tulip. The reigning Queen Tulip doing all she can to soothe her mummy and herself. Thank you and courage to all of you out there.
Petunia passed knowing she was incredibly loved by an amazingly wonderful human being. You brought her so much peace and comfort. May the angels surround you with the same.
I cried this morning, then cried again tonight when I remembered. That little beaver touched a lot of people’s lives. I don’t know if beavers mourn, but I guess we’ll find out. I know that other animals mourn. 😢
Oh no... this is so sad. I always thought she would live a long and happy life. And how poor Tulip is missing her little sister. Please take all the time you need. Our thoughts are with you.
It's ok Holley, take all the time you need to mourn our sweet Petunia. She was such a Joy and she had the best possible life with you and your family. She was happy and secure, just the best we can hope for her, Tulip ans Stormy Rose.
It has the feel of losing our own pet, this sudden loss of little Pentunia, to us, this gathering of long distance fans who've opened our hearts to these beautiful little critters. So we can only imagine how Dr Holley feels. Please know at this time, that you are loved for the work, the long hours, the dedication..... and the love; especially the love, that you've given and will continue to give, to these special creatures of God. Little Petunia will be forever loved by everyone she's touched through this youtube medium. You cannot help but smile at her antics! I'm comforted and at peace with the thought that St Francis was comforting her in her final moments on this earth. And in these dark times ongoing in our world today, it's a blessing that Holley has allowed us to share in these moments of joy with her critters. And the sadness too, for Little Petunia was indeed, worth grieving over. God bless little Petunia!
When we lose animals, it’s easy to get tunnel vision and focus only on the things we “should” have done, the times we were short tempered, or impatient, etc. You take time Miss Holley. But in that time, please spend time remembering the times you stopped for cuddles even when you were running late, the times you changed water tanks or cleaned kennels even though you were exhausted, and the times you picked up a camera to film silly moments (and edit them) even though you may have been late getting to your own family. ALL of that is love. Thank you for sharing all your rescues with us. Your immense love for these animals converted thousands of us to be your goodwill ambassadors across the world. I can’t tell you how many times I shared Petunia’s sweet potato eating videos with animal loving friends of mine. They were besotted! In my time with NCSU’s College of Veterinary medicine, I’ve learned veterinarians often judge themselves as they grieve. There is no need to. You are amazing. All of us, and your family, will miss sweet Petunia. But remember one thing. She loved you most of all! ❤️😘
Well said, @sweetpeas8206! As eloquent as one would expect from the author who penned the brilliant translation of the lyrics to The Sweet Potato Rag. - Laura 😉 ❤️
No Thank you Holley! My heart is broken but full of love for you Tulip, Stormy, Our precious Petunia and all your beautiful animals and your beautiful humans. Hugs to you all and Hugs to this beautiful community ❤😘🥰🇬🇧
Thank you for posting this, Holley, i am glad to see that you and Tulip can comfort each other. Petunia had a very special place in our hearts, but our grief cannot approach yours, given how hard you worked to rehabilitate her. My heart aches for both you and Tulip, who has lost her little sister and playmate. Please take all the time you need. We all love and support you.
You gave little Petunia the best possible chance she had. That’s why this hit so damn hard. Thank you for all you have done and all you continue to do.
Supporting you 100% both in thought and donations. So sorry, thank god Petunia got to live her best life with you. She wouldn’t have made it at all without you.
Holley 🫂 Take all the time you need. Both you sweet ladies need each other more than ever, look after each other xx Adam and I are heartbroken with you. We are all feeling the pain but also the unified love. Take care xx
Thanks for sharing these moments totally unexpected. Everyone is grieving the loss of the perfect and feisty little Petunia. The impact to Tulip looks to be greater than I would have believed but she appeared to really love her new friend and her new role and responsibility so well. I’m certain she is shocked and a bit confused. These beavers are so full of love and emotions and you are exposing to us what wonderful contributions they can provide if we only take the time to be sensitive and care. Hugs to you the beavers, your family, and the community of followers we have. Petunia brought us so many great memories and laughter! Double down on care and consider making a video best of compilation even a photo book in memorium I know I’d love to have a book to reflect on and share what a special little beaver Petunia shared with us…
I have just read your post on the channel, I’m so very very sorry for you, your family, your RU-vid family and Tulip that the amazingly beautiful Petunia has passed away to the beaver lodge in the sky. I will be staying around to see you continue your brilliant beaver rehabilitation journey as I was hooked from the first video I watched. Love and prayers from the UK
I am so sorry for you and your family, especially Tulip who seemed to love Petunia as much as we do. Some angels have fur instead of wings. We will miss you sweet girl.
You worked so hard to give Petunia all the best. We all will cherish her memories. It's hard when they go so suddenly without any warning. Take all the time you need dear Lady, we are all here for you.
I had to add this: “and God said, I will send them without wings so no one will suspect they are angels”. I’m certain he was talking about beavers. Much love and healing to you Holly.
I cried watching this!! I miss petunia! Tulip is the cutest I absolutely love her!! Thank you Holley for loving these beautiful sweet creatures. Hugs!!❤
We are all heartbroken about Petunia. She was so sweet. But also, I’m concerned about Tulip. This has to be affecting her, wondering where her friend is. You can’t explain, she just has to wonder. I am also thinking of dear Tulip and what is also a loss to her. ❤
Dayss, weeks, take your time to grieve! She was a family member after all and just a baby. Seeing Tulip with Petunia‘s favourite sparring partner, gray rabbit, is so sad. I bet she can still smell her on him and feels the loss of her naughty little sister, too. 🥺
No, thank *_YOU_* for the job you’re doing with these beautiful creatures. I had been wondering about Tulip 😢 Looks like she’s finding comfort in Petunia’s favorite stuffie 🩷🩵 Even though Petunia was a little sweet potato thief, Tulip adored him/her. Dr. Muraco, please remember to look after yourself as well. Petunia would want you to smile & keep helping these creatures. Seems so ridiculous, I’m here bawling at 05:30 hrs my time 😭🤧
Dear Holly taken me 2 days to write this as so sad. If I feel like this , I can only imagine how horrible it must be for you and your family. It’s the total shock - she was so full of life . Please don’t blame yourself in anyway. You and your work is quite remarkable and every day you improve lives- those of us who watch and the precious ones you care for . Take as much time as you need I’m sure everyone here will agree . Hold Tulip tight and please let someone hold you too. I’m sending another wee donation today . Sending love & healing thoughts to you and your family- all of them Hooman and animals Love from Scotland ❤️🙏🥲
Dear Holley, thank you for all what you do for Petunia! I am crying all these days and can not believe that she is gone... feeling so empty and heratbreaking. I am sending prayers for you! Petunia is perfect angel and she touchs hearts all of us! She is sweetheart! You do your best for her! She was eating tasty things and discovered her own bananas tantrum. She was with beautiful Tulip, who guide her gentle and teach how playing in water with rings. She was playing with cute toys in warmness and coziness place and you made soap bubbles party for her and she was so happy. And its all was real because of your hard work and your love for beavers, Holley! Thank you for your videos, for showing us how precious Petunia is ❤ I love her, oh, really her reactions, behavior and her big eyes is so unique! She lived only 2 month in these world, but will be live forever in my heart ❤ Rest in peace sweet little beaver angel Petunia ❤ 💔 I will never forget you ❤ 💔💔💔
When I have heard about what happened to Petunia I literally felt like somebody from my family is gone (and unfortunately I know that feeling, cause everyone is dead). Poor Petunia-carrot stealer :(
Poor Tulip first lost her beaver family, then illness took her away from Tater and Turnip, then they left and the possibility of reuniting vanished, then she finally gets a beaver friend to play with, then soon after, she loses her. But she is so strong, she will recover. She has been forged in fire, and she will come out of it as strong as the iron in her teeth.
So so sorry Dr Holley & family. Petunia was such a character, I feel heartbroken. She may have had a short life but you gave her such beautiful care and a wonderful home. Sending you a huge hug.
Wishing you, Tulip, and your family nothing but love and support right now, please know that you and your organization mean so much to so many. Your work gives me strength and courage to do hard things and to be the good. We will be with you every step of the journey, for as long as you’ll have us thank you for being you. ❤
The closest I've seen of beavers is either in zoos or a few times in the wild from a far. Seeing these adorable closeup videos and knowing that they are well loved and cared for does a lot to cheer me up and restore my faith in humanity. Thank you so much for sharing these beautiful fuzzy souls with us. And please take care of yourself too. ❤🦫
So so sorry, praying for you all, stay strong, all of you , I am still crying over this all, in deep sympathy especially for dearest Tulip, we will all pull through, love you all ❤
