Lucy2103
Junior Guinea Pig
Hi all,
On Sunday we woke up to one of our 5 year old girl Pip had had a prolapse. We took her to an emergency vet who said there was a very large lump and he suspected that that was the issue but unfortunately it wasn't looking good. Rather than risk an operation and infection which he said was likely from the state of the prolapse and putting her through a painful op as an older girl we decided to do the kind thing and euthenise. The night before she was her usual happy wheeking self and full of life. It all happened so quickly from finding her at 6:30am to euthanasia at 9:30am and we are feeling so much more pain than we ever imagined. She leaves behind her sister. We've had them together ever since we got them as babies. Our other guinea pig unfortunately had tooth issues in January and they were filed and we had to syringe feed her, she unfortunately lost a lot of weight and is eating again but frail so we'd expected her to go first so it has just been such a shock. Unfortunately her sister is now seeming very depressed. We've moved her cage into the living room with us again so she has a lot more company from us now that her sister isn't here. She isn't eating much at all. When we brought Pip back from the vets we placed her in the cage so she could say her goodbyes. She didn't really react but did eventually go over and lick her nose then carried on as usual and was eating. She didn't seem bothered but now she seems very depressed and we are wondering what we can do to help?
Thank you
On Sunday we woke up to one of our 5 year old girl Pip had had a prolapse. We took her to an emergency vet who said there was a very large lump and he suspected that that was the issue but unfortunately it wasn't looking good. Rather than risk an operation and infection which he said was likely from the state of the prolapse and putting her through a painful op as an older girl we decided to do the kind thing and euthenise. The night before she was her usual happy wheeking self and full of life. It all happened so quickly from finding her at 6:30am to euthanasia at 9:30am and we are feeling so much more pain than we ever imagined. She leaves behind her sister. We've had them together ever since we got them as babies. Our other guinea pig unfortunately had tooth issues in January and they were filed and we had to syringe feed her, she unfortunately lost a lot of weight and is eating again but frail so we'd expected her to go first so it has just been such a shock. Unfortunately her sister is now seeming very depressed. We've moved her cage into the living room with us again so she has a lot more company from us now that her sister isn't here. She isn't eating much at all. When we brought Pip back from the vets we placed her in the cage so she could say her goodbyes. She didn't really react but did eventually go over and lick her nose then carried on as usual and was eating. She didn't seem bothered but now she seems very depressed and we are wondering what we can do to help?
Thank you
we didn't realise about leaving the bedding as we thought due to the blood etc it wasnt nice to leave so wanted to make it clean for winnie. We still have the towel that the vet wrapped her dead body in which has a little blood on. Would this bring her comfort if this was placed in now or would it cause distress? When we brought Pip home we placed the towel and Pip in the cage for her to say goodbye so she has smelt the towel before with Pip on it. We took Pip to a lovely pet cremation place on Sunday afternoon the day she died, she was cremated the next day on Monday and we picked her up yesterday. We took her there still wrapped in the towel in her carry case that we took her to the vets in so the carry case and towel has been at the crematorium place. Would these two things still smell of Pip and help her?
