JandfpiggiesUK
Junior Guinea Pig
On Sunday 25th July I lost my handsome boy Jaffa, very suddenly.
He was breathing erratically and gasping for air so we rushed him straight to the emergency vets. The closest and only open emergency vet just so happened to be a little inexperienced with treating guinea pigs, unfortunately there was nothing I could do as time was of the essence and I didn't want Jaffa to get worse.
They put him straight into an oxygen chamber and said they'd run an x ray to see if there was a blockage in his throat. I asked for this to be done consciously as I didn't want him under anaesthetic in the condition that he was in.
The vet managed to do this and they said that they couldn't see anything in his throat on the x ray. They said his lungs looked swollen and his abdomen was swollen too. They put this down to a URI and wanted to do a tracheotomy the following day at an exotics vet practice. The vet told me there was no way he could come out of the oxygen chamber as he couldn't breathe well on his own. I was also unable to bring him home as they said he'd deteriorate rapidly.
Given the condition Jaffa was in and watching him get worse, it broke my heart & I decided the kindest thing to do would be to let him go.
The vet brought him out of the chamber and passed him over to me so I could spend some time with him & say goodbye. He was so poorly, his chest was going up and down fast and he was gasping for air looking around the room.
I cradled him and gave him all the kisses, he turned his head to me and bit my nose.
I told him that he'd be missed so much and myself and fudge would be lost without him.
The vet came back into the room shortly after and took him away to guide him to the rainbow bridge.
We took him home and let fudge say goodbye, this has simply been the most heart breaking and traumatic 2 days. I still can't believe he's gone, its shaken me & I feel like I'm living in a nightmare that I haven't woke up from.
It's taken a lot of strength to post this, fudge is currently sat on my knee in front of the laptop as I type this.
I can't bring myself to write a memorial just yet but I wanted to post this as I have been part of this forum since I've had my boys.
Rest easy handsome boy, I love you so much & I'll miss you always x
He was breathing erratically and gasping for air so we rushed him straight to the emergency vets. The closest and only open emergency vet just so happened to be a little inexperienced with treating guinea pigs, unfortunately there was nothing I could do as time was of the essence and I didn't want Jaffa to get worse.
They put him straight into an oxygen chamber and said they'd run an x ray to see if there was a blockage in his throat. I asked for this to be done consciously as I didn't want him under anaesthetic in the condition that he was in.
The vet managed to do this and they said that they couldn't see anything in his throat on the x ray. They said his lungs looked swollen and his abdomen was swollen too. They put this down to a URI and wanted to do a tracheotomy the following day at an exotics vet practice. The vet told me there was no way he could come out of the oxygen chamber as he couldn't breathe well on his own. I was also unable to bring him home as they said he'd deteriorate rapidly.
Given the condition Jaffa was in and watching him get worse, it broke my heart & I decided the kindest thing to do would be to let him go.
The vet brought him out of the chamber and passed him over to me so I could spend some time with him & say goodbye. He was so poorly, his chest was going up and down fast and he was gasping for air looking around the room.
I cradled him and gave him all the kisses, he turned his head to me and bit my nose.
I told him that he'd be missed so much and myself and fudge would be lost without him.
The vet came back into the room shortly after and took him away to guide him to the rainbow bridge.
We took him home and let fudge say goodbye, this has simply been the most heart breaking and traumatic 2 days. I still can't believe he's gone, its shaken me & I feel like I'm living in a nightmare that I haven't woke up from.
It's taken a lot of strength to post this, fudge is currently sat on my knee in front of the laptop as I type this.
I can't bring myself to write a memorial just yet but I wanted to post this as I have been part of this forum since I've had my boys.
Rest easy handsome boy, I love you so much & I'll miss you always x
Jaffa was beautiful. Sleep tight Jaffa xx
