Frankie Had To Be Pts Last Night

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I had to rush my frankie to the vets yesterday because he had stopped pooing over night, he was taken to the vets at the beginning of the month because he had diorreah but he seemed to be back to himself again doing normal poos and eating, drinking and putting weight back on but I found him yesterday morning hunched up with liquid coming out of his mouth and his tummy was swollen and he hadn't done any poos. He was in the vets all day and was supposed to stay in over night but he apparently had some sort of fit/ seizure and the vet said the kindest thing would be to put him to sleep as they didn't know if the fit would have caused some sort of neurological problems so I didn't think it was fair to keep him if he wouldn't be the same afterwards and would be suffering. Now I do not want any more guinea pigs it is too upsetting when they pass away especially when I love them so much and can't take the heartbreak anymore and I know it's going to happen 5 more times with my remaining piggies but I'm not prepared to add to that now. So I just want what's best for Freddie now I am thinking of getting him neutered to go in with the girls, is this a good idea or not I just need advice on what to do now. He seems fine at the min and obviously if he does seem depressed I will have to get another male even though I don't really want to as I have 4 girls that I'm sure he would love or at least one of them as I don't mind splitting them up if needs be but really I just want advice on what's the best thing to do.
 
i am so sorry for your loss.... i am sure the girls would love to have Freddie xx
 
I am so sorry for your loss Stayc
Sleep tight little Frankie
Popcorn over the rainbow bridge

I know at the moment you don't want another piggy, but that is the grief talking. You loved Frankie very much & he you.
There will be a day when all you can think of is the funny things he used to do & you can smile.
When that day comes you may consider getting another piggy from a rescue. They are all waiting for someone to pick them up & love them.
In case you think you would be betraying Frankie, when the times comes Frankie would be so happy that you have a new piggy.
Anyway you don't have to decide now.
 
Thank you for your replies, I have just buried him next to his friend fudge who passed away around this time last year. I just feel so rubbish about it right now, I bought my own house last July and have been renovating it and just got around to starting the guinea pig room and he's never going to be able to live there :( I bought the house purely with the guinea pigs in mind it has a lovely big garden with really thick green grass that they will love and has trees all around and all you can hear is the birds and he's never going to go there I am so upset because that's where I planned them spending the rest of their lives and now frankie won't be able to :( he was my first guinea pig (of the recent ones) and I only had him since 27 December 2014 so he wasn't very old and he didn't have a very good life before I got him so I tried to give him the best life and now he's gone and won't see the next stage of life I had planned for them I feel so ill x
 
Oh no, how terribly sad. Really sorry to hear this. Sounds like Frankie had an amazing life with you. Sending hugs.
 
I am so sorry for your loss.
You are grieving right now and need to take some time before you make a decision, as long as Freddie is okay and eating normally don't rush into anything. Look after yourself, your other piggies need you. :hug:
 
Thank you to you all, I just wish he was here but I know I've done the right thing for him, if he had been born with neurological problems then fair enough but because it would have been caused by the fit like the vet said and he wouldn't have been able to return to normal then I don't think it's fair to keep him if he cannot enjoy the quality of life he had before then he would just have been suffering. But it still doesn't make it any easier even though I did what I think was best for him it's still heartbreaking and I am devistated over his death x
 
I just came across this picture and it nearly made me cry :( now I'm thinking of getting another male but I'm going to wait for abit before I start looking, there are loads of guinea pigs in rescues needing homes and if I've got the space then really I'm just being selfish by saying I'm not having anymore x
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I'm so sorry for your loss. :( It is heartbreaking to lose a beloved pet. You might want to wait and grieve and take some time before making decisions about whether to neuter your other boy or whether to take in another male. When grief is very fresh it can often feel like you want to protect yourself by not having more pets, but sometimes that feeling changes once the more acute grief subsides. Especially since your remaining male is coping well on his own, you have some time to grieve and think over what the best course of action is. ((HUGS)) to you, and again, so sorry.
 
Stayc1989 said:
I just came across this picture and it nearly made me cry :( now I'm thinking of getting another male but I'm going to wait for abit before I start looking, there are loads of guinea pigs in rescues needing homes and if I've got the space then really I'm just being selfish by saying I'm not having anymore x
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I love that poem (it's similar to 'A Dog's Last Will and Testament' which I have read many times.) It always makes my tear up... but it also always makes me appreciate the many animals that have been a part of my life. We recently lost our oldest piggie, and my son was reflecting the other day that he misses her, but he is also glad to have adopted our newest pig, and that we would never have had her at all if another pig had not passed away. We never replace them, but love isn't finite, and when they go on it's good to have somewhere to put that love.
 
That was a brave decision, having a piggy PTS to not let him suffer, is heart breaking, but you were a great piggy mom who took the right decision. You are going to miss him, & hopefully we can help. Your go though tears & guilt, but you have nothing to feel guilty about. He's over the rainbow bridge now. No pain just playing with all the piggies that have passed over.
 
Thank you I think I was just upset saying I'm not having any more piggies, it has really broken my heart and I think I was just saying it because I don't know why I put myself through it knowing eventually it will happen and knowing how Ill it makes me when they pass away but if I never had them I wouldn't have had all the wonderful memories of them all and who knows where they would have ended up. At least I know when I had them they have had a forever home and have been loved and cared for to the best of my ability and most of them were single piggies and have had the joy of having a friend and not living alone forever so I am glad I have had them all.

Frankie was the last piggy in the pet shop and because it was closing down he was reduced to £5. I don't know what would have happened to him if I didn't get him, and I got him a friend called fudge from gumtree as they were giving him away for free and again I don't know where fudge would have ended up if I didn't collect him. Then when fudge passed away I said the same thing "not having any more guinea pigs" but frankie had taken fudges death really badly so I contacted a small local rescue and adopted Freddie. So really if it wasn't for frankie I would never have had fudge or Freddie either so frankie has helped me give a home to 2 other piggies in need. If it wasn't for him they might never have had a nice home.

Frankie also had an allergic reaction to some xenex ultra spot on treatment that I got from the vets and because of him I decided to do something about this product and I actually managed to get amazon to take it off sale and raise awareness about this product. So he has actually saved many more guinea pigs from going through that and made the product harder to get hold of so he is a very inspirational guinea pig and I am very proud of him :)
 
Massive hugs, we had to have one of our PTS last week. PTS is an awful decison but one we make with our love for them a the forefront of our minds. Hue hugs x x
 
sport_billy said:
Massive hugs, we had to have one of our PTS last week. PTS is an awful decison but one we make with our love for them a the forefront of our minds. Hue hugs x x
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Thank you, I'm sorry for your loss too, it makes it a little bit easier knowing it was for the best and done out of love but still a heartbreaking decision to have to make x
 
Stayc1989 said:
Thank you, I'm sorry for your loss too, it makes it a little bit easier knowing it was for the best and done out of love but still a heartbreaking decision to have to make x
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I know, I understand how you feel - Vimto was the sixth piggy we've had pts, it doesn't get easier but you learn to justify it more in your mind I promise x
 
sport_billy said:
I know, I understand how you feel - Vimto was the sixth piggy we've had pts, it doesn't get easier but you learn to justify it more in your mind I promise x
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Thank you, I think if someone would be suffering it wouldn't be able to live their life happily and comfortably then it's not fair to keep them going, if he would have been able to have medication for the rest of his life and still have a long happy life then I wouldn't have agreed to it but the vet said he would have been suffering and I didn't think it was fair on him, he was so lovely and kind and I couldn't have put him through that for the rest of his life x
 
I know and agree, we are lucky that we don't have to watch our pets suffer in the way we may have to with our human friends and family however tjhat is a debate for another time...

try and remember it isn't the final moments or even week of someone or out pets lives that defines there life. Frankie had a life full of love and no matter how he was in his final days remember he had the most excellent of times with you. x
 
sport_billy said:
I know and agree, we are lucky that we don't have to watch our pets suffer in the way we may have to with our human friends and family however tjhat is a debate for another time...

try and remember it isn't the final moments or even week of someone or out pets lives that defines there life. Frankie had a life full of love and no matter how he was in his final days remember he had the most excellent of times with you. x
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Thank you :) x
 
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