Emx93
Adult Guinea Pig
We first met mal when she was 1 week old. We found out she was born the exact day that ohs grandad passed away and knew she was meant to be with us. She ended up coming home the day after we lost princess 
during peak lockdown #1. Initially we tried to bond her with fluffy but fluffy was not ready for a new friend just yet and went full blown flying balls of fur when mal tried to snuggle her. Nugget however finally got to live her dream of being head of a heard when baby mal was welcomed by her and marshmallow. I had never seen nugget so happy (she does love her baby pigs). We quickly fell in love with her cheeky personality and bossy tendencies. She may not have been group leader but she certainly tried to take that title a few times! She was later joined by flower and caramel and was so excited to have pigs her age.
Mal was a pig that didn't do any thing by half, including unfortunately illness. She grew a lump in her jaw in April which was successfully removed but post op swelling led to an abcess which made her very poorly and pushed her front molars out of place so she ended up needing a dental and at one point 8 different medications. Endless syringe feeds and vet trips later and she appeared to have recovered from her ordeal yet she continued to loose weight. One morning after a particular bout of weight loss her abdomen appeared rather large so back to the vets we went where they found she was bloated, they couldn't feel any definition in her guts and she had no gut sounds. She was perky throughout but when we tried to remove the meds 10 days later she bloated again pretty straight away and I found another lump in her jaw. Throughout this whole process from finding the first lump she went from my biggest pig averaging 1.15-1.2kg to my smallest at 700g with all her bones prominent. The x rays of both her abdomen or her jaw were not good. She had multiple issues. Given her now skeletal appearance combined with something sinister being suspected in the abdomen and a large cystic mass (suspected to be on the ovaries but covering the liver) we decided not to put her through more surgery and the subsequent recovery or wait and risk the cyst bursting (not a nice way to go out) and help her over the rainbow Bridge while she still had her spirit
I could not be prouder of how brave she was through all of this. She was my piggy who hated handling the most yet she patiently let me shove 8 medications and endless syringe feeds down her and let me flush an abcess 3 times a day! She maintained her cheeky personality and despite how poorly she was, was the only piggy who during the heatwave actually jumped into water bowls to cool down and laid on frozen water bottles- such a clever girl
We love you mal and hope you have fun at rainbow Bridge we will miss you down here
during peak lockdown #1. Initially we tried to bond her with fluffy but fluffy was not ready for a new friend just yet and went full blown flying balls of fur when mal tried to snuggle her. Nugget however finally got to live her dream of being head of a heard when baby mal was welcomed by her and marshmallow. I had never seen nugget so happy (she does love her baby pigs). We quickly fell in love with her cheeky personality and bossy tendencies. She may not have been group leader but she certainly tried to take that title a few times! She was later joined by flower and caramel and was so excited to have pigs her age. Mal was a pig that didn't do any thing by half, including unfortunately illness. She grew a lump in her jaw in April which was successfully removed but post op swelling led to an abcess which made her very poorly and pushed her front molars out of place so she ended up needing a dental and at one point 8 different medications. Endless syringe feeds and vet trips later and she appeared to have recovered from her ordeal yet she continued to loose weight. One morning after a particular bout of weight loss her abdomen appeared rather large so back to the vets we went where they found she was bloated, they couldn't feel any definition in her guts and she had no gut sounds. She was perky throughout but when we tried to remove the meds 10 days later she bloated again pretty straight away and I found another lump in her jaw. Throughout this whole process from finding the first lump she went from my biggest pig averaging 1.15-1.2kg to my smallest at 700g with all her bones prominent. The x rays of both her abdomen or her jaw were not good. She had multiple issues. Given her now skeletal appearance combined with something sinister being suspected in the abdomen and a large cystic mass (suspected to be on the ovaries but covering the liver) we decided not to put her through more surgery and the subsequent recovery or wait and risk the cyst bursting (not a nice way to go out) and help her over the rainbow Bridge while she still had her spirit
I could not be prouder of how brave she was through all of this. She was my piggy who hated handling the most yet she patiently let me shove 8 medications and endless syringe feeds down her and let me flush an abcess 3 times a day! She maintained her cheeky personality and despite how poorly she was, was the only piggy who during the heatwave actually jumped into water bowls to cool down and laid on frozen water bottles- such a clever girl
We love you mal and hope you have fun at rainbow Bridge
we will miss you down here 
She was a beauty! 
we miss her lots 
I haven't really had chance to process it all yet xx
