PiggyPoo
Teenage Guinea Pig
On 21st August our baby guinea pig Rosie passed away in her cage aged 12 days old with her Mum - Bonnie, Brother - Remi and Sister Belle. It's believed she passed from Satin Syndrome. Something I'd heard about but never experienced before.
We heard about these 3 surprise babies from my father in law while we were on holiday. He came in to check on my two, and found 5. He and we, were all gobsmacked. We'd only had Bonnie for 4 weeks. Never the less we were over the moon. He mentioned one looked a little bit Runty in the legs, so we carefully monitored them all on the piggy cam in between his check up's. Rosie wasn't as mobile as the other 2 so I was concerned for her and desperate to see to them all.
By the time we got home they were 3 days old. Weighing 110g 97g and Rosie 74g. They all began to thrive and gain weight nicely. I was over the moon that Rosie appeared to be out of the woods, and became a beautiful white little powder puff. Her popcorns were truly heart warming but zoomies never came.
At around 10 days old, I noticed her looking a little bloated but I put it down to being over generous with spinach. Then I started to wonder if she was deaf/blind as she didn't run when I put my hand towards her. The following night I weighed her again at 11pm but instead of gaining she had lost 5g and was just 100g in comparison to her siblings, who were 80 and 90g heavier. Alarms bells started ringing and by midnight I realised she was a satin. Upset and devastated I was ready to ring the vets in the morning.
I woke up at 6:30am and checked the piggy cam. I could see she'd be moving around 3:40am. I went downstairs straight away hoping she had turn a corner, but found her in her forever sleep with Mum and siblings cuddled round her. I was so sad I wish I could've have helped her sooner.
So, our wonderful surprise has turned so terribly sad as we learned the whole litter carry this satin gene, possibly Mum too. The silver lining is that now I know what I'm dealing with I can hopefully help the others. By telling this story it might help someone else too, in Rosie's memory.
The other two are doing well and still gaining weight. I'm glad I weigh them daily and even more so understand the importance of this now. I couldn't get her to the vets but at least I was prepared for the outcome and she was in the comfort of her family.
Popcorn high my little powder puff girl. It was so short but ever so sweet!
xx
We heard about these 3 surprise babies from my father in law while we were on holiday. He came in to check on my two, and found 5. He and we, were all gobsmacked. We'd only had Bonnie for 4 weeks. Never the less we were over the moon. He mentioned one looked a little bit Runty in the legs, so we carefully monitored them all on the piggy cam in between his check up's. Rosie wasn't as mobile as the other 2 so I was concerned for her and desperate to see to them all.
By the time we got home they were 3 days old. Weighing 110g 97g and Rosie 74g. They all began to thrive and gain weight nicely. I was over the moon that Rosie appeared to be out of the woods, and became a beautiful white little powder puff. Her popcorns were truly heart warming but zoomies never came.
At around 10 days old, I noticed her looking a little bloated but I put it down to being over generous with spinach. Then I started to wonder if she was deaf/blind as she didn't run when I put my hand towards her. The following night I weighed her again at 11pm but instead of gaining she had lost 5g and was just 100g in comparison to her siblings, who were 80 and 90g heavier. Alarms bells started ringing and by midnight I realised she was a satin. Upset and devastated I was ready to ring the vets in the morning.
I woke up at 6:30am and checked the piggy cam. I could see she'd be moving around 3:40am. I went downstairs straight away hoping she had turn a corner, but found her in her forever sleep with Mum and siblings cuddled round her. I was so sad I wish I could've have helped her sooner.
So, our wonderful surprise has turned so terribly sad as we learned the whole litter carry this satin gene, possibly Mum too. The silver lining is that now I know what I'm dealing with I can hopefully help the others. By telling this story it might help someone else too, in Rosie's memory.
The other two are doing well and still gaining weight. I'm glad I weigh them daily and even more so understand the importance of this now. I couldn't get her to the vets but at least I was prepared for the outcome and she was in the comfort of her family.
Popcorn high my little powder puff girl. It was so short but ever so sweet!
xx
She will have known just how much you cared and loved her
The short time she was with you, she knew she was loved. Big hugs to you. 
