BonBon2010
Adult Guinea Pig
My piggy Treacle is now officially an oldie at 6. She's just got that air about her of intending to be around for a long time yet. To look at her, you'd think she was closer to two, she can popcorn as good as a youngster too.
My concerns are, for if and when her health starts slipping, at the moment she's healthy and well, but I have a niggly thought at the back of my head about what if's? After loosing my little piggy Liquorice last year, having gone through months of eye treatment then injuring her back, cue more months of rehabilitation too, i don't think i'd ever be able to put another piggy through that, or myself. It's nearly a year since I lost that special piggy, and not a day goes by when I don't think about her.
My thoughts are, if she does end up with something long term and unlikely to recover, I probably will let her go. I want good memories of my piggies, and prolonging suffering to enable myself to enjoy them in life that bit longer, isn't fair on them.
My question to you all is, at what point do you stop treatment and let them go? I hope Treacle is around for a few more years of course, I mean, don't we all?
My concerns are, for if and when her health starts slipping, at the moment she's healthy and well, but I have a niggly thought at the back of my head about what if's? After loosing my little piggy Liquorice last year, having gone through months of eye treatment then injuring her back, cue more months of rehabilitation too, i don't think i'd ever be able to put another piggy through that, or myself. It's nearly a year since I lost that special piggy, and not a day goes by when I don't think about her.
My thoughts are, if she does end up with something long term and unlikely to recover, I probably will let her go. I want good memories of my piggies, and prolonging suffering to enable myself to enjoy them in life that bit longer, isn't fair on them.
My question to you all is, at what point do you stop treatment and let them go? I hope Treacle is around for a few more years of course, I mean, don't we all?