alharri
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Hi,
My wife decided back in 2009 to acquire a couple of guinea pigs to my initial shock. She had fond memories of owning them as pets as a youngster and as she now worked from home thought the company would be fun & enjoyable. Well it was and I became smitten as well in time, they have such lovely individual characters, no two are the same. Sadly one of the two sisters died early from breathing difficulties which in our opinion was down to bad breeding. The sister left was so sad we felt it only right for her to get her a companion and in fact it became 3 extra companions which she loved. Her life was cut a little short when she got a tumor at nearly 5 which was a tragedy to witness and so sad for us as she was truly unique, she used to kiss my wife when she held her. So we have ended up with two and again sadly to our dismay Eillie got a golf ball sized tumor on her spleen. We sought advice from Vedra at the Cavy trust who recommended an excellent vet at Church Street St Neots but sadly Ellie died after the operation as she lost a fair bit of blood. So again another tragedy. Looking on the web it sounds to me that the breeder has a lot to answer for as all these tumors suggest bad breeding practices and the poor little guins pay a heavy price when their lives are ended this way let alone a caring owner.
So we are left with one grieving guinea who even after a week or so just lacks her old self, she is very intelligent and she had no real closure because of the circumstances of Eillie's passing. We really do not want any more guinea pigs as we have found the loss hard to take and would like some freedom for a few years to take holidays without worrying about our small friends who live with us in the house in their own bedroom! My wife could not of done more to love & look after them to the highest standards and it is so sad when they die like this.
So we are wondering whether we can adopt/foster a bonded pair to live with Abby until she passes away hopefully of natural causes, she is 5 in May 2017. Given the statistics on the other 4 none of them live passed 5 so we are trying to think of the least painful way to help Abby but not commit us to years more of our furry little friends. As one chap put it to me at the vets "you are locked in now like us", it really struck a chord with me.
We live just north of Reading in South Oxfordshire. If anyone can advise on what the right thing to do is and the best place to possibly foster a bonded pair I would really appreciate it.
My wife decided back in 2009 to acquire a couple of guinea pigs to my initial shock. She had fond memories of owning them as pets as a youngster and as she now worked from home thought the company would be fun & enjoyable. Well it was and I became smitten as well in time, they have such lovely individual characters, no two are the same. Sadly one of the two sisters died early from breathing difficulties which in our opinion was down to bad breeding. The sister left was so sad we felt it only right for her to get her a companion and in fact it became 3 extra companions which she loved. Her life was cut a little short when she got a tumor at nearly 5 which was a tragedy to witness and so sad for us as she was truly unique, she used to kiss my wife when she held her. So we have ended up with two and again sadly to our dismay Eillie got a golf ball sized tumor on her spleen. We sought advice from Vedra at the Cavy trust who recommended an excellent vet at Church Street St Neots but sadly Ellie died after the operation as she lost a fair bit of blood. So again another tragedy. Looking on the web it sounds to me that the breeder has a lot to answer for as all these tumors suggest bad breeding practices and the poor little guins pay a heavy price when their lives are ended this way let alone a caring owner.
So we are left with one grieving guinea who even after a week or so just lacks her old self, she is very intelligent and she had no real closure because of the circumstances of Eillie's passing. We really do not want any more guinea pigs as we have found the loss hard to take and would like some freedom for a few years to take holidays without worrying about our small friends who live with us in the house in their own bedroom! My wife could not of done more to love & look after them to the highest standards and it is so sad when they die like this.
So we are wondering whether we can adopt/foster a bonded pair to live with Abby until she passes away hopefully of natural causes, she is 5 in May 2017. Given the statistics on the other 4 none of them live passed 5 so we are trying to think of the least painful way to help Abby but not commit us to years more of our furry little friends. As one chap put it to me at the vets "you are locked in now like us", it really struck a chord with me.
We live just north of Reading in South Oxfordshire. If anyone can advise on what the right thing to do is and the best place to possibly foster a bonded pair I would really appreciate it.