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chesney piggy has another abnormal stomach lump

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I am so very sorry to read about Ches, and he will know just how loved and lucky he was to have you as his mummy and Maisie as his best friend, you did everything you could, but just find comfort in knowing he is now pain free again and watching over you all from RB.

Big Hugs x
 
thank you so much everyone. you have been so kind to me. it helps me to know people understand and care. i just want him back. this hurts so much. :-(
 
I've just seen this thread, I'm so sorry for your loss. Poor Ches. He was so well looked after with you, and it's nice that he had Maisie with him. I don't know what comfort I can possibly offer but just to let you know that we are thinking of you x
 
we have been to the crematorium. it's a lovely place with memorial gardens aswell. the staff were lovely. if anyone wants to see where it is-

http://www.rossendalepetcrem.co.uk/

we spent just over an hour with ches in the chapel. i held him and we told him how much we love him and how much we will miss him. he will be cremated wrapped in his lemon fleece blanket, the one he loved, with butterflies on. then he was inside a box and i wrote a note for him.

i held him the whole time, and o/h held him. it was very emotional. i didn't want to let him go 8...

we will be collecting his ashes next week. i felt so bad leaving him there. we chose a nice pale wooden casket and the wording will be engraved on the front. then he will come home where he belongs and stay with us forever.

i just don't know how i will live without him 8... i'm just thankful he passed quickly and that i have been able to see him looking so peaceful and be with him through this whole process.

maisie is doing ok. she does have a sad look though we are keeping her company and she is wanting to be close to us, and be stroked alot more than we have ever known.

i am finding it more difficult than i thought thinking about getting another piggy friend for her. i just want ches. 8...8...8...
 
We sadly and tragically lost 2 of our piggies within 24 hours of each other nearly 3 years ago, they were mother and daughter and we had them cremamted both together, we have their little wooden casket on the bookcase in our living room. It is lovely that they will always be with us that way, rather than buried in the garden.

Time is a healer, its still very raw at the moment, just try to remember the happy times.

x
 
Toffeewoffee said:
We sadly and tragically lost 2 of our piggies within 24 hours of each other nearly 3 years ago, they were mother and daughter and we had them cremamted both together, we have their little wooden casket on the bookcase in our living room. It is lovely that they will always be with us that way, rather than buried in the garden.

Time is a healer, its still very raw at the moment, just try to remember the happy times.

x
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that is lovely that they were cremated together. so sorry you lost them both, that must have been devastating.

chesneys casket will be with us in the lounge. i want him close to me forever, where he belongs.

i just can't believe this has happened.
 
Your post about the crematorium had me in tears from here, it must have been really hard on you. Hope you are doing a bit better now.

Your whole thread just goes to show how quickly a guinea can go downhill once a problem has appeared. You did all the right things with vet visit, medication, care etc but sometimes there's just nothing that can be done :(. So sad.

I hope Maisie is ok too xx
 
i keep thinking maybe i missed something, that i could have done more. the vet is pretty certain that he had a tumour. i feel guilty that i couldn't do anything, that i wasn't with him for his final moments, that i could have missed something.

i just want him back so badly. :-(

maisie is ok, still has a sad look to her though. she is wanting me and my o/h all the time, which is fine, but i feel so sad for her aswell. she's such a good girl. she's been through alot the last couple of days, the same as us, and she is being so brave. i know she misses him. :-( we all miss him so, so much. things just won't ever be the same again.
 
Poor Ches RIP little man.....i know how you feel i lost my 10 month old little Jack 7 weeks ago he also had a tumor, an enlarged heart and his little chest and lungs were full of fluid. My other two seemed so lost without him so we got them a new baby brother 3 weeks ago and they love him to bits. I think he helped them cope with their loss.

Jackie
 
babydoll said:
Poor Ches RIP little man.....i know how you feel i lost my 10 month old little Jack 7 weeks ago he also had a tumor, an enlarged heart and his little chest and lungs were full of fluid. My other two seemed so lost without him so we got them a new baby brother 3 weeks ago and they love him to bits. I think he helped them cope with their loss.

Jackie
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so sorry. do you know if a tumour can cause fluid in the lungs and chest? i am so worried that maybe i put something into his lungs when he was syringe fed. the vets don't think so but i can't get it out of my head.
 
I dont think the tumor or syringe feeding would have caused the fluid. My vet showed me Jacks xray and explained that the build up of fluid was most likely been caused by him having pnemonia and his enlarged heart which was 3 times the size it should have been. Just like your little guy Jack swollen up over 2 nights he was practical double the weight he should have been caused by all the fluid. Did your vet not manage to get an xray of Ches to check what his heart was like before he passed? my guess is Ches may have passed the same as Jack which the vet says was congestive heart failure as your little man had all the exact same symptoms as Jack.
 
babydoll said:
I dont think the tumor or syringe feeding would have caused the fluid. My vet showed me Jacks xray and explained that the build up of fluid was most likely been caused by him having pnemonia and his enlarged heart which was 3 times the size it should have been. Just like your little guy Jack swollen up over 2 nights he was practical double the weight he should have been caused by all the fluid. Did your vet not manage to get an xray of Ches to check what his heart was like before he passed? my guess is Ches may have passed the same as Jack which the vet says was congestive heart failure as your little man had all the exact same symptoms as Jack.
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the xray was booked, he just never made it that far 8... i guess i will never know for sure. i couldn't bear the thought of a post mortem. x
 
Jack was taken to the vets on the friday about 3.30pm and the vet rushed him straight into xray after seeing how swollen he was thats how we managed to get a chest xray. By 4pm he was gone but he didnt go on his own the poor little soul was still fighting, the vet say it would be kinder to put him to sleep as he was too far gone and wouldnt last the hour and like you i was totally heartbroken i just broke down in the vets as i went over to say goodbye to my little fighter, he was in a oxygen chamber to make him a bit more comfortable it took me about 7 days to stop the tears i was in bits kept thinking it was something i had done and what ifs.
 
so sorry. it's just so painful isn't it. i can't bear it. i was sure it was just his time, and that there was nothing more we could have done, but then all these thoughts keep going around in my head, wondering if there was something. he seemed quite bright. i had a feeling inside that he did have a tumour, and his time may not be much longer, but i never expected him to go that day. it was such a shock.

one of my biggest fears was not being there at the end and i wasn't. i know it was better he was there, they helped him so he felt no pain, and i know if he had passed here then his last moment may not have been as peaceful. the last he knew probably was that he was warm and snuggling his maisie. the nurses said they just snuggled all the time they were there. they did that alot. they liked to sleep next to each other alot. x
 
Yes youre right it is painful, Jack was the first pet ive even lost and it killed me i wasnt expecting to take him to the vets and come home without him i thought the vet would have given him some medication and he would have been fine i didnt realise how ill he really was. I was sobbing saying to the vet " you cant put him to sleep hes not even had his breakfast yet he will be hungry"

How is little Masie doing now?
 
babydoll said:
Yes youre right it is painful, Jack was the first pet ive even lost and it killed me i wasnt expecting to take him to the vets and come home without him i thought the vet would have given him some medication and he would have been fine i didnt realise how ill he really was. I was sobbing saying to the vet " you cant put him to sleep hes not even had his breakfast yet he will be hungry"

How is little Masie doing now?
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oh bless you, that is heartbreaking. i have lost two rabbits in the past but a long time ago. i loved them and i grieved but with these lot i have now, bisc and matt bunnies and ches and maisie, i have spent pretty much 24/7 with them all and for ches to now be gone, it's heartbreaking. it just feels so wrong.

thanks for asking about maisie. she is doing ok. she's kind of just existing really, rather than living, if you get what i mean. we spend alot of time with her but it's not the same. she was looking very sad until yesterday where she perked up a bit but still had a sad look about her. this morning she looked sad again but has perked up through the day. i think she might get lonely through the night. but overall she is doing really well, i'm so proud of her. it's strange though because she usually talks non stop but now she only wheeks at veg time and the rest of the time she is quiet. it's really sad. but hopefully when she has a new friend she will be as happy as possible again, and have someone to talk to. x
 
Yes a little buddy would be good for her and you as well it will give you something to focus on. The house was so quiet without Jack as he kept the other two on their toes, after he was gone the other two were so quiet i was getting myself into a state thinking they were going to die too i was constantly checking them for signs of illness after 2 weeks i decided to get them a new little brother and thats when i got 9 week old Harley and it brightened Parker and Junior right up.
 
Maisie and Ches obviously had a very strong bond, I know when P went to the bridge the first thing I thought about was my Pebbles, although she didn't seem all that bothered. I really did struggle with the thought of getting another pig but she was my priority.

I was very fortunate as Pebbles was in a room with 4 other pigs, and after much thought I decided to try and bond her again with her sister. The bonding was not the most pleasant Wilma really did insist on putting Pebbles in her place but once the initial bonding was over they have all lived happily together although I would argue Pebbles is a bit of a loner, it gives me comfort to know she's always got someone with her even if she doesn't always appreciate it.

It's so difficult to lose our little ones and when they are poorly I often swear no more and that may well be the case however well we still have our little one's I do think we owe it to them to do the best thing for them, Ches would never want Maisie to be lonely.
 
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