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Badger - Our Special Piggie

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This morning, we came to the decision to let Mr Badger go to the Rainbow Bridge.

Since Sat, he has been going down hill and has not been eating/drinking much. He was definitely not his normal self as he was lying down most of the time. His breathing still had not improved with the strongest anti-biotic - this pretty much indicated that the cancer had spread to his lungs.

I stayed at my mum's house with Badger last night. He lay asleep in his cuddle cup for most of the night whilst I lay next to his cage and my mum lay on the sofa. We kept waking up throughout the night checking he was okay but there was still no change.

We just didn't know what to do this morning - we were being selfish letting him carry on! We decided that the best thing for the little chap who has gone through 4 operations (6 lumps removed) was that he should stop suffering from the cancer and be in peace. He was in absolutely no pain at all!

This has been the absolute hardest decision we have ever had to make! He managed to come through everything he had been put through but couldn't beat cancer! :( His 2nd birthday is this coming Sunday :(

Badger has been an incredibly special guinea pig to us who has lived life to the full everyday. He may not have had a long life but he certainly was the happiest guinea pig I have ever met.

We love you so so much Badger! You will always have a special place in our hearts! :smitten:

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Aw, I'm so sorry, that must have been a really hard decision to make. I usually avoid the rainbow bridge section on the forum cos it's really upsetting, but I remember your recent thread about Badger. I'm very sorry :-\ At least he'll be in a better place.
 
Oh i'm so so sorry to hear you've had to make the decision :'( :'( :'(
Sending you all lots and lots of love and hugs from us :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
RIP Badger, you brave little fellow, run free at the Bridge and popcorn in the fields of clover, you will be sadly missed by your mummies, but never ever forgoten :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
 
I'm so very sorry to hear that Badger has gone to the bridge.

I know just how special he will always be to you both.

Sending you so much love xxxxx

I have asked DR to welcome Badger - and I know he will

xxxxxxx
 
I'm sorry for your loss. Hugs to you both on this sad day
 
I'm so sorry to read this, it's the hardest thing in the world to have to make the decision to let them go :'(

Run free Badger, shine bright for the family you have left behind, they will miss you always x
 
So sorry to hear this

Run free at Rainbow Bridge little Badger

Sending you and Debbie a big hug

xxxxx
 
RIP Badger.. Your Mummy and Nanny will miss you very much :-*
 
Oh no :( You were selfless in helping him out at the end. It would have been easy for to have kept fighting but he had been through so much. From what I have read you did above & beyond for this little man. Keep your chins up. Hx
 
I had to think about "the last will of a cat" again when I read this...

I, too, would make a will, if I could write.
To some poor, wistful, lonely stray
I leave my happy home,
My dish, my cosy bed, my cushioned chair,
my toy

The well-loved lap,
The gently stroking hand,
The loving voice,
The place I made in someone's heart,
The love, that at the last
Could help me to a peaceful, painless end
Held in loving arms.
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I suppose this love, and the knowledge that there is someone who will never ever let you suffer, is the best thing that could happen to a piggy. Badger, I hope you knew what a wonderful mummy you had.. :'(
 
I'm so sorry to hear this hunny,at least hes not in pain now and is happily running around chasing the other piggies and playing :'(
 
Aww Debbie & Ellie i am so so sorry :'( :'( :'( :'(

What a special boy he was :smitten:
You did everything you could for him & the decision you made today was for him too, you are both in my thoughts :-*

Run free Badger boy, popcorn free at the bridge & send your mummies a rainbow from time to time, you will be terribly missed :'(

This poem gave me some comfort when Lottie became an 0:)

A Simple Message From Your Pet
by Ken D. Conover


To have loved and then said farewell is better than to have never loved at all.
For all of the times that you stooped and touched my head, fed me my favourite treat and returned the love that I so unconditionally gave to you.
For the care that you gave to me so unselfishly.
For all of these things I am grateful and thankful.

I ask that you grieve not for the loss but rejoice in the fact that we lived, loved and touched each other's lives.
My life was fuller because you were there, not as owner, but as my friend.

Today, I am as I was in my youth.

The grass is always green, butterflies flit among the flowers and the sun shines gently down upon all of God's creatures.
I can run, jump and play and do all of the things that I did in my youth.
There is no sickness, no aching joints and no regrets and no aging.

We await the arrival of our lifelong companions and know
that togetherness is forever.
You live in our hearts as we do in yours.

Companions such as you are very rare and unique.
Don't hold the love that you have within yourself.
Give it to another like me and then I will live forever.

For love never really dies and you are loved and missed as surely as we are.

Your pet in heaven.
 
Badger was a little man with a big heart and an absolutely huge character!

We are going to miss him so much! :'(

Schmichael, the rabbit, used to sit guarding Badger's cage whenever I went out. He keeps looking around the room for his friend! :'(

Oh why did this have to happen to him - he loved life so much!

We all loved you so much Badger! :smitten: :smitten: :smitten:

Have fun playing at Rainbow Bridge - re-united with your brother Bodger :-* :-*
 
There are no words to express how sorry I am........

Rest in Peace Special Boy - you will be very much missed.
 
Awww poor Badger, what a brave little piggie :(

Rest In Peace little man, your mummy loves you very much 0:)
 
I just am so upset by all of this - I just need him back so so much... it literally hurts!

I just keep thinking about all the special things he did which made him who he was and it hurts me to know I will never see them again.

Badger didn't deserve all of this... no guinea pig does but Badger had been through so so much and fought all the way... he even was fighting against cancer! I just have come to the conclusion that the world is a horrible place - especially if it is full of pain and suffering! I just have never felt this upset before - I really do feel like I have had a big part of my heart ripped out!
 
squeakypigs said:
I just am so upset by all of this - I just need him back so so much... it literally hurts!

I just keep thinking about all the special things he did which made him who he was and it hurts me to know I will never see them again.

Badger didn't deserve all of this... no guinea pig does but Badger had been through so so much and fought all the way... he even was fighting against cancer! I just have come to the conclusion that the world is a horrible place - especially if it is full of pain and suffering! I just have never felt this upset before - I really do feel like I have had a big part of my heart ripped out!
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I know just how you feel and I wish I could help

This world and the pain and suffering in it totally sucks and its always the innocent ones even animals that suffer :'(
 
Exactly...

He had gone through so much and was still fighting strong - if he didn't have cancer, I am almost definate that he would have lived onto a good age.

I am just going to miss...
the way he would walk around the cage nodding his head
the way he shuffled back for a wee
the way he chattered his teeth when he wanted his food
the way he would kiss my lips or my face if he knew I was sad
the way he woulc climb up the bars when he wanted attention

I will just miss him so so much! :smitten:

I don't like seeing his stitches after his op but this video of him after one of them pretty much sums the little boy up all together - You will see many of the things which I have said I will miss in this video!

http://s12.photobucket.com/albums/a224/squeaky-pigs/?action=view&current=06012007008.flv
 
I'm so glad you have this video of him, what a dear little man, a real trooper 0:) 0:) 0:)
Sending you both loads of love and cuddles :smitten: :smitten: :smitten: :smitten:
 
When Dr became an angel I made a book about him, just a little notebook and I wrote something on each page - your smile, the way you jump over bricks, your chirrups etc.

I never look at it - I can't - but it's there.

Could you do something like that?
 
Lucinda said:
When Dr became an angel I made a book about him, just a little notebook and I wrote something on each page - your smile, the way you jump over bricks, your chirrups etc.

I never look at it - I can't - but it's there.

Could you do something like that?
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Thats a lovely idea Lucinda. Ellie and I spent yesterday afternoon getting together all the photos we have of Badger. We have got an album which will be Badger's Book.

The house seems empty without him. For the past six months his cage has been in the lounge. Schmichael the rabbit had his blanket at the side of Badger's cage and would sit by him whenever we were out. As soon as I walked into the lounge I would see his cheeky little face up at the bars of the cage. He was such a big part of mine and Ellie's lives. Nothing seems right without him. :'(

He would have been two on the 1st April. I will never think of it as April Fools Day again....in future it will be known as Badger's Day!
 
He would have been two on the 1st April. I will never think of it as April Fools Day again....in future it will be known as Badger's Day!
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It's now declared that 1st April is Badger day, i'll be glad to think of him on this day 0:) 0:)
 
Badgers Day - I like it. A wonderful tribute.

I am so sorry to hear about his passing - he was quite the character.

Popcorn free Badger

:'(
 
Thinking of you and Ellie at this sad time, I will say a special prayer on Badgers day
 
staffie lass said:
Thinking of you and Ellie at this sad time, I will say a special prayer on Badgers day
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Thank you! I want Sunday to be a very special day. A day to remember all the lovely things about Badger and all the good times we spent together. He was such a special man! I feel he came to us for a reason! :)
 
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