Gizmo over the rainbow bridge back with Yogi

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GiznYogi

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My gorgeous boy Gizmo passed away Wednesday night in my arms. He’d had a bladder stone operation over a year ago that was very successful and recovered very quickly. Right up until Sunday this week there appeared to be nothing wrong with him but on Monday evening after I’d finished work I noticed he’d not eaten his greens from that morning. I got him some grass and he ate that so I wasn’t too concerned and he was eating hay and herbage. His poops and pee were normal but tinged red but I had fed him red chard and peppers so thought I’d keep an eye on it but as he was lovely and normal I wasn’t too concerned. Tuesday morning before work I checked his cage and there was not a single poop or pee anywhere. I refreshed his greens which also weren’t touched. I was really worried. When I got home on the evening I rang the vets and there earliest appointment was 9.30am Wednesday morning. So Tuesday evening I syringe fed him critical care through the night and gave him some Metacam. At the vets on Wednesday they x-rayed him and said they saw 2 or 3 very small bladder stones but thought those weren’t causing him the problems. They thought he might have a UTI. They also said he was bloated. He was still quite lively at this point. They gave him ranitidine, sulfatrim and cisapride (and metacam for the following morning) I gave him his evening dose around 6.30 and as instructed if he didn’t start eating, I began giving him more critical care and water. He passed no poops or pee at all. Through the evening he gradually got worse and worse and he died in my arms at 1.30am. I’m absolutely devastated. I don’t know if I could have done more. He was only 4 and a half. I’m feeling so guilty about not being with him on Tuesday or being able to take him to the vets earlier. On Thursday I went back to the vets who didn’t seem to know why he died. He’d not lost any weight at all.
 
Aw, I’m so sorry that you have lost Gizmo. Please don’t blame yourself, you did everything a good owner could and gave him a wonderful life x Sleep tight little man x
 
Thank you all. Absolutely devastated right now and no-one understands how awful I feel. Guilt, sadness, loss. Inconsolable and heartbroken at the moment.
 
So very sorry to hear this.
You gave Gizmo the very best of care and he was loved.
Feeling guilty is a normal part of grieving, as are all the other emotions you are dealing with.
Grief is like a rollercoaster of emotions and only time will ease the raw pain.
Talk out your grief here - we do understand how hard the loss of a beloved piggy is
 
I’m sorry to read your post. The pain we feel on losing them is testimony to how much we loved them. Take your time to grieve. Hugs.
 
Thank you for the kind messages. I’m still incredibly upset. I can’t even bare to go into his room yet. It’s just believable how much I’m missing him. I loved him to pieces.
 
I know it's really hard but the more we grieve that more we have loved. Have a hug cos you need one.:hug:Have more cos one is hug is never enough :hug::hug::hug::hug::hug::hug::hug::hug::hug:If I lived closer you'd have a proper cuddle not a virtual one!
 
Thank you. I can barely read the messages through my streaming tears. I’m still so incredibly gutted. I’ve jad family members pass away and not been anywhere near as upset as I am right now. I honestly can’t begin to tell you how important he was to me. I’ll never get another one, he was just so perfect and irriplacable but they’re just so fragile I can barely cope. Thank you for the messages, they mean a lot.
 
Guinea pigs have a special way of creeping into your heart like nothing else does. Only those of us who love our piggies understand what its like to lose one to the Rainbow Bridge. As has been said before look after yourself as you grieve. When you feel ready to, you are welcome to post a tribute to Gizmo on our Rainbow Bridge section. Some members find this helpful as part of the grieving process.
 
Oh my I'm really sorry for you.
Such a sad story all made worse as it comes across how much you loved the little guy.
Keep witb us in here . we can't bring him back but pls we can help. . . Some of us here have been deeply affected by a piggie leaving us. . .
We support you as much as you allow us.
RIP. GIZMO. You find lots great piggies at Rainbow World . x
 
Thank you. He really did creep in there. I literally adored the little furball. I’m not ready to post a tribute yet but I do have hundreds of videos and pictures of my little boys (my baby Yogi died 2 years ago from malluclusion complications) See how I feel next week.
 
One of my Rainbow piggies was called Gizmo he was a gorgeous ginger abby. I have no pictures of him or his best pal Lenny (who was a gold agouti rex) as they were on my old laptop which got nicked in a burglary a few years ago.
 
Oh David, I imagine you felt like I feel right now then. I hope our piggies find each other. Non-owners have no idea how it feels. OMG Betsy, that’s awful! Any chance of getting your laptop back? At least you have the memories. I’ve got some pictures on my FB, quite a few on their Instagram page and hundreds on my icloud. I’ll put some photos of the little man on soon. He was such a big character.
 
GiznYogi said:
OMG Betsy, that’s awful! Any chance of getting your laptop back?
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Nope! only things that were found were my driving license and my house keys by some kids playing in the woods about 10 miles away and they handed them in to the police.
 
Oh I’m so sorry! Being burgled is bad enough without having something so precious taken away. I hope you have at least a couple of pictures of them. Sending hugs.
 
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Oh David, I imagine you felt like I feel right now then. I hope our piggies find each other. Non-owners have no idea how it feels. OMG Betsy, that’s awful! Any chance of getting your laptop back? At least you have the memories. I’ve got some pictures on my FB, quite a few on their Instagram page and hundreds on my icloud. I’ll put some photos of the little man on soon. He was such a big character.
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it always hurt but we live with it.
Oh don't get me going about non piggie owners. pls.
 
Non-piggy owners are awful. I’ve hated having to explain why I love my little boys so much, why they’ve meant so much and why I’m so upset when they’re ill. They are not replaceable and they need just as much love, care and attention as a dog or cat
 
I lost my much loved piggy 18 months ago and couldn't eat for days. Some of my colleagues thought I was a bit of an oddball acting like that over a guinea pig, some were understanding. I, like many on this forum do understand how devastating a loss of a piggy is. Keep your treasured memories in your heart and he will never be far away. Sleep tight little one.
 
I’m the same, I’m totally off my food. Can’t sleep well at all either. Wake up, remember he’s gone and it brings tears to my eyes again. Like you say, some friends and colleagues understand, others think i’m mad. I don’t really care though cos i’ve lost a loved one and I’ll cry my eyes out if I want to.
 
GiznYogi said:
I’m the same, I’m totally off my food. Can’t sleep well at all either. Wake up, remember he’s gone and it brings tears to my eyes again. Like you say, some friends and colleagues understand, others think i’m mad. I don’t really care though cos i’ve lost a loved one and I’ll cry my eyes out if I want to.
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If it was a dog they'd lost they'd be exactly the same. Just cos an animal is small doesn't mean it's loved any less.
 
So sorry for your loss! I'm sure you did all you could to help him.
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Thank you. I can barely read the messages through my streaming tears. I’m still so incredibly gutted. I’ve jad family members pass away and not been anywhere near as upset as I am right now. I honestly can’t begin to tell you how important he was to me. I’ll never get another one, he was just so perfect and irriplacable but they’re just so fragile I can barely cope. Thank you for the messages, they mean a lot.
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I know exactly what you mean here - I'm not generally an outwardly emotional person either, at my mum's and my mother in law's funerals I maintained a very British stiff upper lip; but when I lost my boar Zebedee last March I was so upset I had to get my son to drive me to the vets to pick his body up, and 2 days later when I had to get him ready for the pet cremation people to collect, I started crying all over again...
Hope the pain starts to ease a little soon, as others have said, remember the good times you had together and hopefully the positive emotions will help you feel better :hug:
 
That’s exactly how I feel. I’ll be picking up his ashes in a day or 2. I’m dreading it as I know I’ll be crying my eyes out all over again. I’ve had a relationship break up and a house move in the last month and this has hit me harder than anything else. Thank you for your support everyone.
 
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