Thank you everyone for your kind words.
I find the grief hits me randomly and I'm sat at my desk at work hiding my tears.
For such little animals they sure leave such a big imprint on your heart.
Thank you for adding your location.
If you are looking for a new friend for Tonks, the best place to find one are The Potteries Guinea Pig Rescue in Kidsgrove (
@VickiA ) or Merrypigs Guinea Pig Sanctuary in Stoke-on-Trent (
@Merrypigs Sanctuary ). Both rescues offer dating, so Tonks can have her own say in who she wants to live with.
Here is our list of vetted recommended rescues we can guarantee that you and Tonks are in safe and experienced hands and that any adopted guinea pigs are fully quarantined/vet cared and healthy on adoption, guaranteed not pregnant and used to human interaction:
Recommended Guinea Pig Rescues
I have found that looking for options for the bereaved companion has helped me as well as it was something contructive I could do to make sure that the friend was happy once they were coming out of the grieving sooner than me, so I could grieve in my own human time.
Seeing a bereaved companion happy again has been definitely a mood lifter, even when you as the longer grieving human haven't the capacity to bond with the new piggy yourself yet - that will come in due time when you yourself are ready and usually not in a way you would expect, more in a creeping up way as the new piggy is not going to replace the unique bond you have shared with Luna.