Don't think i'll get piggies again

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When my last piggie goes, that will be it for a few years, I have had a wonderful 3 years with my various herds and babies, there have been happy times and sad times, I have learnt alot about guinea pigs over the past year and I am in love with them, but Bing's death hit me hard so I think that maybe after my last pig, i won't get another for a loooong time :)

here's to a wonderful pet and companion-the guinea pig O0 :smitten:
 
nah... if you only have one piggy left, you will be so attached to it that you wont want to give it away.

but as you know alot about piggies, you wont keep it all alone.. and youll get another one to keep your piggy company.

said piggy is then going to live longer than expected, during which time the new piggy sneaks into your heart just the same, like all piggies before. ;)

once youre hooked, youre hooked!
 
noooo don't say that ;D i will probably end up as a mad old woman which lives with her guineas ;D
 
but its true - the only way out of the cycle is to give the last piggy away to a new home, otherwise youll always end up with a new group! ;D

and that is a very very tough decision to make - I had to give my dear old rabbit Jam away after 8 years of us being together.. :(
 
or i could just smother the remaining piggy with hours of extensive attention ;D :smitten:

sorry about your bunny :( i'd hate to give mine up and i have only had them a few months
 
rip_ernie said:
noooo don't say that ;D i will probably end up as a mad old woman which lives with her guineas ;D
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;D I know I will! I could never give up my pigs! Ive had 2 pigs before and just keep going back for more!
 
Not to take away from your pain, but i feel a lot of us have experienced a piggy death that hit us very hard.
I truly thought I would NEVER recover from Billies death it hurt so much

There are an awful lot of unloved and neglected piggies out there that need love and care. It would be a shame to give it up.
Obviously though its your decision and we would support that.
 
I think it all depends on what sort of person you are. Most of my guineas have passed away quite young due to uncontrollable problems, which I think hits you harder then if your guinea passes away peacefully in their sleep and even though I say I won't get another I do until recently when I lost another one. Now I am like you and cannot decide whether I would like to get another or not, I probably will as I absolutely adore guineas but I have known people to give up on their favourite pet and on all pets because one death just hurt to much. Give it some time and you will know what you want to do. :(
 
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noooo don't say that ;D i will probably end up as a mad old woman which lives with her guineas ;D
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I'm certain I will be exactly that! People will roll their eyes when they see me and go "that's that woman with all those guinea pigs, she's a bit odd, she is . etc. . .!"

We lost our grey lop ear bunny last December, she was only one and a half. I noticed she was looking peaky, took her to vet, they kept her in to try and remove a lump which they thought was a food blockage and it turned out to be a tumour so they didn't let her come round . . . :'( :'( so lost without her.

I have yet to experience a piggy death as Molly (2) lived with the bunny and the other three are only 6 months old. Can't imagine being without them though, you do get hooked, as has been said . . . .
 
I'm the same before gucci died i thought right i have 3 girls who are 5 and 2 that are younger with a 3 month gap, then gucci passed that hit me quite hard as she had been ill, and hand fed etc..but three weeks later we visited a garden centre and i saw lola, she looked the complete opposite of a pig id ever had she was golden agouti with white/red patches just lovely, and though well you know meeka is going to need a play mate so i bought her so when my older girls go i will be down to three girls and my two boys and then i think i will keep it at that, i always think when a pig dies my cage seems empty and it needs another personality in it, it will be hard cus I'm obsessed lol
 
We all have moments like that. So no-one is ever alone in that way. We all know what you've through and it gets easier. Time is a great healer and I couldn't imagine life with my piggies, all animals in fact :)
 
I know I have been posting it god knows how many times, but I still find that "last will of a cat" poem so very very true...

To think that your guinea pig has experienced such a wonderful live with you, and was so very much loved, and now wants to give all this to another piggy that had a bad start in life... that is a very comforting thought.

When humans die, they make a will
To leave their homes, and all they have to those
they love.

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.

If I should die
Oh! Do not say:
"No more a pet I'll have
To grieve me by its loss."

Seek out some lonely, unloved cat
And give my place to him.
This is my legacy
The love I leave behind
'Tis all I have to give.

Margaret Trowton​
 
How can you seriously think you wont get another one after reading it... :-\

I felt like I owed it to mine...
 
I will always have guineas, although I can identify with that inconsolable pain only too well and, when Dr died, i remember saying the same. Two wheeks later Rocky arrived.
 
Piggies are amazing pets! The way they always love to greet you (especially when you have food) I love the way they Wheek! Its going to be heart-breaking when I lose my babies but I cant say for sure I wont get anymore ::) I still miss my other 2 pigs! I cried buckets when they died :( But I couldnt help but go back for more :)
 
I think we all feel like this but when you buy a guinea you know what will happen. The poem Abnoba put defiantly wants me to get some more. :)
 
I keep on saying that I will have no more, but some little bundle of fluff always manages to work his/her way into my heart :smitten:

Saying that though I do really need to let the number of piggies I have drop as in a few years when we move, I just wont have the room for them all, so I have to be strong and not let any more in! >:D
 
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