Goth Mummy
Adult Guinea Pig
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Since losing my beautiful and much loved Toffee and Ripple just before Christmas I have been looking for a suitable garden memorial. (They were also known as Buffy and Willow, as my daughter who was 2 when we adopted them from @guineabecs could not say Ripple, so she came up with “Willow” and therefore they acquired their nicknames
Toffee is buried in the garden with a plant pot full of spring bulbs on top of her to make the spot. Because Ripple had cervical lymphadenitis the vet strongly advised against us bringing her home due to risk to the other pigs, and even took my carrier/blankets to be disposed of as clinical waste. It is a great sadness to me that I did not think straight at the time and forgot to ask for her ashes back. I have told the children a lie and said that her ashes are with Toffee though, so they think that they are together again.
However, my children are still really missing our special girls. My son (age 9) especially wants a memorial in the garden and it is upsetting him that we still not organised this. I am not sure that I want a pet grave stone as such, as we have a lot of animals, and although we have a big garden, it could quite easily start to look like a pet cemetery in a few years!
Their “spot” is in the herb garden, as they loved fresh herbs. I quite like the idea of two stone/garden ornament piggies nestling in mint and rosemary on their spot. So far I have only found the Vivid Arts small baby guinea pigs which I think are made of resin and I am not sure they are weatherproof.
Can anyone recommend any garden ornaments? Or any other ideas? Any links to examples? How do you remember yours?
Thanks everyone J
Since losing my beautiful and much loved Toffee and Ripple just before Christmas I have been looking for a suitable garden memorial. (They were also known as Buffy and Willow, as my daughter who was 2 when we adopted them from @guineabecs could not say Ripple, so she came up with “Willow” and therefore they acquired their nicknames
Toffee is buried in the garden with a plant pot full of spring bulbs on top of her to make the spot. Because Ripple had cervical lymphadenitis the vet strongly advised against us bringing her home due to risk to the other pigs, and even took my carrier/blankets to be disposed of as clinical waste. It is a great sadness to me that I did not think straight at the time and forgot to ask for her ashes back. I have told the children a lie and said that her ashes are with Toffee though, so they think that they are together again.
However, my children are still really missing our special girls. My son (age 9) especially wants a memorial in the garden and it is upsetting him that we still not organised this. I am not sure that I want a pet grave stone as such, as we have a lot of animals, and although we have a big garden, it could quite easily start to look like a pet cemetery in a few years!
Their “spot” is in the herb garden, as they loved fresh herbs. I quite like the idea of two stone/garden ornament piggies nestling in mint and rosemary on their spot. So far I have only found the Vivid Arts small baby guinea pigs which I think are made of resin and I am not sure they are weatherproof.
Can anyone recommend any garden ornaments? Or any other ideas? Any links to examples? How do you remember yours?
Thanks everyone J