AbiS
Adult Guinea Pig
- Joined
- Jul 20, 2013
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- Chester le Street, Durham
This is the hardest post I have ever had to write. My beautiful boy lost his fight today and had to be helped over the bridge.
Barney and his brother Toby came into my life 5.5 years ago. They came to help me through years of infertility and multiple IVF failures. They came to be my babies when I couldn't have babies. They became part of my family in ways I didn't believe possible for guinea pigs. Within 10 months they had moved from the garden to the lounge and that is where they stayed. They spent their days free-ranging in my lounge, trying to climb up ankles and nibbling and licking feet.
Barney had a penchant for helping himself to any leftovers on plates left on the floor, particularly finished corn on the cobs and enchilada sauce.
We have been quiet on the forum over recent years because a little IVF shaped miracle happened and Toby and Barney got themselves a little sister
However, before all of that happened, Barney earned himself the name and reputation of King of the Dangleberries and here is how it started:
Oh how I will miss those little balls hanging out from under my curtains.
But mostly I will miss my boy, my beautiful black faced, white bummed boy who filled my world with wheeks and demands for food, who would jump up on my lap to be fed, who gave me a reason to get up in the morning and kept me company throughout the day. You have left an enormous hole in my heart, Toby is lost without you, but you had to go. You are over the bridge now, a star in the sky. So popcorn pain-free my beautiful, you take a piece of my heart with you.
Barney and his brother Toby came into my life 5.5 years ago. They came to help me through years of infertility and multiple IVF failures. They came to be my babies when I couldn't have babies. They became part of my family in ways I didn't believe possible for guinea pigs. Within 10 months they had moved from the garden to the lounge and that is where they stayed. They spent their days free-ranging in my lounge, trying to climb up ankles and nibbling and licking feet.
Barney had a penchant for helping himself to any leftovers on plates left on the floor, particularly finished corn on the cobs and enchilada sauce.
We have been quiet on the forum over recent years because a little IVF shaped miracle happened and Toby and Barney got themselves a little sister
However, before all of that happened, Barney earned himself the name and reputation of King of the Dangleberries and here is how it started:
Oh how I will miss those little balls hanging out from under my curtains.
But mostly I will miss my boy, my beautiful black faced, white bummed boy who filled my world with wheeks and demands for food, who would jump up on my lap to be fed, who gave me a reason to get up in the morning and kept me company throughout the day. You have left an enormous hole in my heart, Toby is lost without you, but you had to go. You are over the bridge now, a star in the sky. So popcorn pain-free my beautiful, you take a piece of my heart with you.
