Losing Piggies :(

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I have 3 gorgeous piggies...I lost daisy sat/Sunday morning she was 6 years old..it was a big shock as she was perfectly fine that evening when I gave them fresh hay. Star is 6 and a half and you can see the change in her with her old age. I'm taking her to the vets once a week to check her out. I'm not sure what to do as I will be left with one piggie at some stage. Does anyone have any advice? As I can't get anymore guinea pigs. Thanks
 
So sorry for your loss. X when left with a remaining piggy you should think about a friend- is there a reason you don't want another? Or the possibility of rehoming her if she seems really upset/lonely. However, some piggies are ok after loosing a friend and a soft toy with attention could act as a substitute though obviously nothing beats another piggy companion
 
Sorry for your loss, I've moved your topic to the correct area of the forum.
 
I'm so sorry for your loss. If you do end up with a lone piggy and cannot face adopting another then perhaps you would consider surrendering the lone piggy to a rescue so that she can be bonded with another piggy and live out her days with piggy company?
 
I am so sorry for the loss of your piggy Daisy, massive hugs to you at this sad time.

Sleep well little one

RIP Daisy
x x
 
Raven75 said:
I have 3 gorgeous piggies...I lost daisy sat/Sunday morning she was 6 years old..it was a big shock as she was perfectly fine that evening when I gave them fresh hay. Star is 6 and a half and you can see the change in her with her old age. I'm taking her to the vets once a week to check her out. I'm not sure what to do as I will be left with one piggie at some stage. Does anyone have any advice? As I can't get anymore guinea pigs. Thanks
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Hi Raven,

I'm sorry about your piggy she must of been well looked after to live that long. You should feel proud of that.

I lost my special girl last week. She lived with her half sister up to last May when I had to have TItch PTS. I put TItch in the cage when I brought her home and Ruby rumblestrutted and nudged her then stepped back so fast as if she knew something wasn't right. My situation changed and so I couldn't get Ruby another friend so I gave her soft toys and she loved laying on them I remember her looking at their eyes. I look back and realise she was grieving but she came on in leaps and bounds in the year she was alone and I know she was happy and she never bothered with the teddys anymore just ignored them so I took two out. I did think of surrendering her for her sake but Ruby was always a domineering guinea always mounting TItch all day long and she seemed to calm down and seem to really enjoy her life and realised she's happier here. I think maybe like your guinea when they are older they are content and happy with who they are and their routine and she maybe is happier where she is living her days with you. I would try some toys and loads of fussing. Hope you are ok they are such wonderful animals and it takes so long to accept they are gone.

xx
 
We now have one lone piggy, she has lost all 3 of her cage mates in the space of 3 months, the last one been her sister Lottie. Bonnie is six years old and I couldn't ever imagine surrendering her to be housed with another piggy when I've had her for six years. They always lived indoors and she can hear my daughters 2 boys who are in the same room. We aren't having anymore, I've had piggy's for as long as I can remember and my husband and I (I'm 51) just don't want it anymore. Don't get me wrong I love them completley but it's time to enjoy our spare time with outings instead of animal care, we have our dog and will always have a dog, I could never not have animals. Bonnie did lose weight when her first two cage mates passed so we will monitor her closely. All I can give her is lots of love and attention and hope that for however long she has that this enough.
 
Raven75 said:
I have 3 gorgeous piggies...I lost daisy sat/Sunday morning she was 6 years old..it was a big shock as she was perfectly fine that evening when I gave them fresh hay. Star is 6 and a half and you can see the change in her with her old age. I'm taking her to the vets once a week to check her out. I'm not sure what to do as I will be left with one piggie at some stage. Does anyone have any advice? As I can't get anymore guinea pigs. Thanks
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Hi - I'm sorry for your sad news. I just wanted you to know that my boy Billy lived on his own for 2.5 years after his brother died & I decided I couldn't get any more. He did really well considering he had a couple of health issues.

Lots of attention will help - but try not to panic as my little man seemed quite happy xx
 
PAMELAKT said:
Hi - I'm sorry for your sad news. I just wanted you to know that my boy Billy lived on his own for 2.5 years after his brother died & I decided I couldn't get any more. He did really well considering he had a couple of health issues.

Lots of attention will help - but try not to panic as my little man seemed quite happy xx
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Thank you.
Bonnie seems fine at the moment, almost as though it hasn't hit her yet. She's a sensitive girl so I worry for her, especially with her losing weight after the other two passed away. She's 930g at the moment so she's a good weight. It's so strange (and sad) seeing her munching on her own and I do look at her and feel so sorry that she had to see her cage mates die-she sniffed every one of them after they passed. I miss my little herd but it's the herd I had so it doesn't mean I want another, I want Millie, Daisy, Lottie and Bonnie to all be munching happily away together again.
 
So sorry. I remember these two when I first joined the forum five years ago my favourites x
 
I'm sorry for your loss. It is so hard to see them aging and then to have to say goodbye. I've been there recently myself, I know it's hard. Is your third pig also elderly? If so, I would probably err on the side of keeping a single pig once you are down to one and just lavishing lots of attention on her. If she is a lot younger and potentially has a long time to live and you don't want her to be on her own, you could consider rehoming, adopting another similar-aged pig (which hopefully wouldn't extend your pig-keeping years any longer than they would have otherwise been), or seeing if there is a shelter near you that will give out companion pigs who can be returned to the shelter once a companion passes away (it's not an available service where I am, but I have heard it exists in some places!)
 
So sorry for the loss of your little one. We were in the same predicament as you last year. We lost truffle last February and that left us with her sister we loved these two so much but didn't want anymore piggies so decided to see how fudge got on. Thankfully she lived happily on her own (they were indoor piggies so had lots of company) until 3 wks ago when sadly we had to have her pts. We are heartbroken but she was 6yrs old and had a very spoilt life. Just see how your little one copes obviously it is early days x
 
Thank you for your comments..I am doing much better, I have started to put a couple of toy teddy's into the cage to get the smell of the rest of my guineas onto them.
Before I had these piggies I had 2 pigs 7 years ago..one passed so I got one to keep that one company then the other passed so then having to get more to keep star company. .which was daisy and Holly. I love guinea pigs I just feel like I really don't want anymore..Holly is 6 years old same as her sister daisy that passed. Star is over 6 and half, and is having trouble walking as she has arthritis in both her back legs..but still eating hay and her veggies and drinking. The vet has given me metacam and she takes this everyday now for the rest of her life.
 
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So sorry for the loss of your little one. We were in the same predicament as you last year. We lost truffle last February and that left us with her sister we loved these two so much but didn't want anymore piggies so decided to see how fudge got on. Thankfully she lived happily on her own (they were indoor piggies so had lots of company) until 3 wks ago when sadly we had to have her pts. We are heartbroken but she was 6yrs old and had a very spoilt life. Just see how your little one copes obviously it is early days x
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So sorry to of your loss..it is very hard..mine are also indoor piggies they have their own bedroom to run about in :) when I am down to one piggie ill have to give her loads more attention.
 
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