Do You Believe In Signs?

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As you all know I lost Gilbert yesterday and his cage mate, Ludwig back in June.

Well I wanted to get Ryou some toys so he wouldn't be lonely and headed off to my local garden centre/pet shop.

I walked into the petstore and suddenly I froze, there, two guinea pigs who looked like Gilbert and Ludwig drinking water together. I could not believe it. I jokingly said before I left my house, if I saw either a Gilbert or Ludwig look alike I would buy them immediately knowing it wouldn't happen.

I was so shocked when I saw them. I took a photo but held back on buying. But I like to see it as a sign from my boys that they are back together up in heaven.
 

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Oh and I did get Ryou his toys. He's a bit wary of them at the moment as it has a bell. :))
I have to make the hay cart.
 

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Oh my gosh! there's the another version of Rambo with shorter hair O.O scary...... Really scary!
 
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I really couldn't believe it. They had the same coats, the same colours... It was so shocking.

I'm lucky I didn't break down in the pet shop.
 
The coincidence is scary!

I saw a spitting image of my larger-than-life first adult piggy Minx on a regional rehoming site just three weeks after her death; it was very a upsetting experience and it gave me quite a few sleepless nights!
In the end and after much soul searching, I decided not to go for her, as it wouldn't have been fair for her - the new girl was NOT Minx, but I would always see Minx in her and expect her to behave in certain ways; apart from the fact that by then Minx' companion Dizzy was totally smitten with her newly dated young husboar Llewelyn and I didn't want to spoil that bond. I have so far been rather careful not to rehome any close lookalikes that very occasionally crop up even though I have gone for similar types after a suitable interval.

How you decide in the end is up to you. You will get a little Gilbert, but you also have to accept that he and his lookalike friend won't be the same piggies and they will have to go on their very own journey.
 
That is very strange but in a good way, their like the spitting image of each other!

When my dad died he had amazing grace played at his funeral which i hadn't heard very often but just 3 weeks after his funeral me and my sister had heard it 5 times. One of the times when we walking through a park and a busker just suddenly started to play it... and of course i cried =_=

I found it very strange and a little overwhelming but i think it's a good sign when we get things like this, like you said it could be Gilbert's way of letting you know he is okay although your apart?

x
 
Wiebke said:
The coincidence is scary!

I saw a spitting image of my larger-than-life first adult piggy Minx on a regional rehoming site just three weeks after her death; it was very a upsetting experience and it gave me quite a few sleepless nights!
In the end and after much soul searching, I decided not to go for her, as it wouldn't have been fair for her - the new girl was NOT Minx, but I would always see her and expect her to behave in certain ways; apart from the fact that by then her companion Dizzy was totally smitten with her newly dated young husboar Llewelyn and I didn't want to spoil that bond. I have so far been rather careful not to rehome any close lookalikes that very occasionally crop up even though I have gone for similar types after a suitable interval.

How you decide in the end is up to you. You will get a little Gilbert, but you also have to accept that he and his lookalike friend won't be the same piggies and they will have to go on their very own journey.
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It is shocking.
Yes exactly, thats why I didn't go for them. I've decided to take it as a sign from my boys that they are together in heaven together and just wanted to send me a little note to show them that. I won't get the guinea pigs because as you said, I would except them to act like my two and be sad when the Ludwig look alike doesn't stalk me around the house and want to spend nonstop time with me or for the Gilbert look alike to be extremely easy to hold and cuddle with.

It just made me smile as I had been asking for some kind of sign to know they are okay and that I did the right thing.
 
MushiiPeas said:
That is very strange but in a good way, their like the spitting image of each other!

When my dad died he had amazing grace played at his funeral which i hadn't heard very often but just 3 weeks after his funeral me and my sister had heard it 5 times. One of the times when we walking through a park and a busker just suddenly started to play it... and of course i cried =_=

I found it very strange and a little overwhelming but i think it's a good sign when we get things like this, like you said it could be Gilbert's way of letting you know he is okay although your apart?

x
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Oh I know. I gave my grandad a song (and I have with Ludwig and Gilbert too), my grandads being 'I'll be missing you' and whenever I am worried about something this song seems to somehow come on the radio and it makes me feel like he is there protecting me.

I've given Ludwig the song 'bright eyes' and Gilbert has 'take me to the clouds above.
 
Glad that you see it like that!

I had a few "signs" myself - when my childhood piggies returned in the strangest way imaginable! Not to mention that Tegan was born only three months after I'd lost my previous "baby" Telyn (baby name Tegan) to sudden heart failure only days after her second birthday and had been craving having a little youngster again like mad... but was trying my best to be sensible.
http://www.theguineapigforum.co.uk/threads/karma-or-coincidence.87476/
 
It's amazing isn't it? I really do believe it is some kind of sign and it gives me a bit of peace at mind because I've been wondering if I did the right thing. This tells me I have and he is happy up there. :)
 
Over the last few weeks, there's been a spit of Treacle at the local pet shop. Same shocking orange coat, and smudge on the nose.
 
They must both be watching out for you. I am very lucky, that I have Esme's double, Tia still here with us. She Is the spitting image of her, but completely different personality wise.
One day maybe I will get a sign from my special girl Rosie... we shall have to see.
 
Thank you. I believe they must have seen how guilt ridden I was. Surprisingly I've found today a lot easier to deal with since I saw the two guinea pigs. It's strange how its helped.

I hope you get a sign from Rosie. I wanted one from Ludwig so badly but never got one until today when Gilbert was with him.
 
There is so much we don't know about the world we live in. But I certainly believe in signs like those.
Putt always had a song and bizarrely a particular singer that she used to come out of her wooden house whenever he was on the music channels, on the morning we had her PTS it was on tv, the morning we had Megan PTS it was on TV also... coincidence maybe but I took comfort from it

The guilt you feel is natural is does lessen with time as does the pain of loss. Loss and Love are flip sides of each other unfortunately.

You have 2 furry guardian angels watching over you now x
 
The universe is so full of mysteries... I don't believe or disbelieve anything. It's all possible...
 
I am sure that your two boys are looking out over you! ;)

If you weren't a good owner, you'd not have these feelings of guilt; they are an integral part of your love and sense of responsibility. We always start our grieving process with the "what ifs" and the soul searching about whether we've done right. It gets a little bit easier once you learn to recognise this bit and know in your heart that you have you have what you could under the circumstances.

What is helping you is being able to see Ludwig and Gilbert together again. I would strongly recommend that you have a picture of them printed and framed, so they can be with you always.
 
The ginger piggy was a boy :( Not really what i'm looking for, I need a girlie for Bonbon (currently Humbug and BonBon are both sat very much apart).. and I'm not prepared to put a male through castration just to make him fit.
 
sport_billy said:
There is so much we don't know about the world we live in. But I certainly believe in signs like those.
Putt always had a song and bizarrely a particular singer that she used to come out of her wooden house whenever he was on the music channels, on the morning we had her PTS it was on tv, the morning we had Megan PTS it was on TV also... coincidence maybe but I took comfort from it

The guilt you feel is natural is does lessen with time as does the pain of loss. Loss and Love are flip sides of each other unfortunately.

You have 2 furry guardian angels watching over you now x
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I agree. I am not sure I believe in god and things like that but I definitely believe in signs and mysterious things like this. I don't know if its the world reacting to your sadness, angels or passed ones but I definitely believe something is there giving me comfort.

Ohh really? that's so sweet. I have a song dedicated to my grandad and that one often comes on when I am in distress about something and really scared. It comforts me a lot.

Yes I still feel the guilt but I know its because I love him dearly. I also feel guilty that I cried more over Ludwig but strangely since I saw that sign yesterday... I feel sad but the tears aren't coming as much. I don't know if its because of that or not...

Thank you. I do. I plan to draw the both of them with angel wings later on or when I feel up to it. My artistic side has sort of died in the last few days.
 
Wiebke said:
I am sure that your two boys are looking out over you! ;)

If you weren't a good owner, you'd not have these feelings of guilt; they are an integral part of your love and sense of responsibility. We always start our grieving process with the "what ifs" and the soul searching about whether we've done right. It gets a little bit easier once you learn to recognise this bit and know in your heart that you have you have what you could under the circumstances.

What is helping you is being able to see Ludwig and Gilbert together again. I would strongly recommend that you have a picture of them printed and framed, so they can be with you always.
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Thank you so much for that. That's true and I like to know that. My mind has been a constant what if though I know I did a lot for Gilbert and he was strong through almost all of it but by the end I think he knew his time had come, Ryou definitely knew as he took to protecting, guarding and checking up on him. Yet I checked on Ryou earlier to see him running around popcorning, so I definitely think he knew Gilbert was ill as he seems happy. I think he's just happy his friend is no longer suffering. I was worried he'd be sad so bought him tons of toys, got him a stuffed plush and put a cozy in there with Gils scent.

I do have a photo of both Gilbert and Ludwig over Ludwigs ashes in my room. I plan to put Gilbert's ashes in the little box when I get them back. x
 
BonBon2010 said:
The ginger piggy was a boy :( Not really what i'm looking for, I need a girlie for Bonbon (currently Humbug and BonBon are both sat very much apart).. and I'm not prepared to put a male through castration just to make him fit.
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Aww I'm sorry. The Ludwig and Gilbert look alikes were girls. I took that as a sign from my boys not to buy them because they wanted me to remember them and not put myself through the pain of having look alikes. Maybe you could try get another girly of a completely different look and try think to yourself that you are helping another piggy? That's what I did when Ludwig passed and my god it was the hardest thing ever because Ludwig was my number 1 favourite but I wanted to give another piggy happiness.
 
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