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My sweet little Leo

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Well I don't think he's going to last 8... He's so quiet and isn't moving much, his breathing and heart are slow and hard beating. His ears are turning black due to lack of circulation. I can't stop crying, I feel so helpless. I hate that vet last night with a passion, £91 and nothing to show for it, I'm going to complain and try and get some of the money back. The Vet obv didn't know what he was doing. I can't believe I can't do anything, even going tomorrow might not save him anymore and I've no money at all. I'm meant to travel to Manchester today for a gig I paid for a while ago and I can't bring myself to go because I can't leave him. I can't even stop crying, I just can't. He's my baby, I don't know what to do with him afterwards either. I'd bury him at the castle but I haven't got any spades and I'm terrifired of foxes getting him =[ what can i do!
 
I am so sorry to read this *huge hug* I know how difficult it is hun :(

If worse comes to worse can you ask a neighbour to borrow a spade?
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We all live in flats, the only place that would have one would be my sisters but she told me to take him to the vet to be 'taken care of'
 
I'm so sorry. Just treasure your remaining time with Leo, he will be comforted knowing that you are with him. I will be thinking of you and Leo.
 
Leo will know you are there with him and he will appreciate his mummy being with him
You are both in my thoughts
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That's so so sad. HUGE hugs to you and sorry it's like this.

Poor you and Leo.
 
Big *hugs* from me and Pip tell Leo to be strong x
 
Watching your piggy die is always so heartbreaking. Stay with Leo and cuddle him constantly, he needs that now.

BIG HUG
 
Watching anything die is heart wrenching, and being with you and feeling safe will help him pass safely to rainbow bridge. Tell him you love him and hold him near and he will be telling you the same. Does leo have a friend?

With regard to a spade if you have allotments near you there maybe someone kind enough there to lend you a spade if none of your friends or neighbours have one

Big hugs to you and little kisses to leo
 
He has Africa, but Africa is a **** still, trying to mount Leo and be better then him. Leo is in his cage atm whilst I had a bath, I'm going to get my duvet, put supernatural on, get the fleese for him to sit in and stay warm and sit with him all day and night if i have to, i just hope he doesn't get to bothered by me crying lol. He weeeeks when I cry, but today he has no energy.
 
He will feel your love - I spent three long nights with Dizzy when she was dying and craving constant body contact. It was the last big gift I could give her, to make her passing as easy on her as possible. Of course, I cried!
 
He died at 3pm today, he had a heart attack, i watched him. He was being unconfortable on mylap so I thought he needed the toilet and put him in the cage, he wobbled around and then fell on his side and couldn't get up then started fitting, i couldn't do anything, i couldn't stop it. He didn't even close his eyes, I can't close them. I don't know what to do with him, I've been told to take him to the vets tomorrow. What do they do with them? He's still soft ='[[[[[[[[[[ I'm like crying so much my brain and body hurt so badly.
 
Sometimes there is nothing worse than feeling helpless, and i have been in the same position with a rabbit of mine so i know how awful it is to watch but you were there for him right till the end and you know in your heart you did right by leo. I would let his cagemate spend a few minutes with leo so he can understand and say his goodbyes. I would then get a shoebox and put some fresh hay in there and put his little body in there. As children we used to decorate the shoeboxes with pictures and photos. The vets will be able to send him away for cremation and you will be able to get the ashes back and scatter them where you like

RIP Leo sweet dreams and have fun and frolic with all your guinea pig pals at rainbow bridge
 
Sometimes there is nothing worse than feeling helpless, and i have been in the same position with a rabbit of mine so i know how awful it is to watch but you were there for him right till the end and you know in your heart you did right by leo. I would let his cagemate spend a few minutes with leo so he can understand and say his goodbyes. I would then get a shoebox and put some fresh hay in there and put his little body in there. As children we used to decorate the shoeboxes with pictures and photos. The vets will be able to send him away for cremation and you will be able to get the ashes back and scatter them where you like

RIP Leo sweet dreams and have fun and frolic with all your guinea pig pals at rainbow bridge
 
First things first: BIG HUG

Put Leo with Africa for a short while, so Africa knows that Leo has gone (he will just have a quick sniff, that is enough for piggies).

Have you got a cuddle cup or an old towel where you can wrap him in?

The fitting is normal for a dying guinea pig. Alcesterpigs calls it "running over the Rainbow Bridge". Guinea pigs don't close their eyes when they die.

Is there anwhere you could lend a spade or a trowel from? If you can't get one, take Leo to the vets. You can have him cremated, but that's quite expensive.

You can always decorate a stone in Leo's memory or get a pot plant.
 
I am sorry you had such a heartbreaking day. It certainly sounds like heart failure, and it does seem to come on so suddenly. My heart goes out to you, it really does.

I had two pigs die at home. I could not bury them (rented house and only there for a short time) so I had them cremated. As it would be overnight or a day before I could get to the pet crematorium (I used Cambridge Pet Crematorium: http://www.cpccares.com/ - expensive at £90 but well worth it, everything was beautiful and dignified) I wrapped the bodies in a blanket, laid them in a cuddlecup/cosy and then put them in a plastic bag. The part I found hard was putting them in the freezer. It is an awful, awful thought, I struggled to come to terms with just doing that, but it is recommended by the crematoriums if you can't get the animal to them right away.

Alternatively you can drop the body off at your local vets and ask for an individual cremation. If you just ask for a cremation he may be cremated with other animals, so called "mass cremation" and you won't get any ashes back. With an individual cremation it is *just* your pet and you will get the ashes back. Vets can charge as little as £30 for this service.

Of course cremation may not be your choice, but it is one worth considering if you can't bury him.

Huge hugs to you. xx
 
Alcesterpigs calls it "running over the Rainbow Bridge".
I have never used, and never will use, that phrase.

It is known as the running reflex and applies to many species. It is a reflex action and the individual has no control over the movement, the animal is unconscious and is not in any pain.
Some pigs close their eyes, some don't.
 
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