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I lost my 14month old boars 3weeks ago down to complications post neuter. To say my head is battered is an understatement. Thats 4 gigglies i have lost this year :-( 2days before the boys neuter i took in a pair of 12month old sisters who are beautiful. They are happy. Healthy and affectionate. I'm soooo worried incase these girls die. I know ive just had a run of really bad luck but its really freaked me out.
 
Don't worry!I'm sure they are going to be fine. I know it's hard but just try not to think it, It helps :) Sorry about you losses
 
I had to come on here to talk as my family dont understand the way guineas get under your skin. I feel totally heartbroken
 
Oh how awful. I am so sorry for your losses. I totally understand why you are so scared. It is a natural feeling after what you have been through.
 
So sorry for your losses. I am sure your girls will be fine. Maybe brush up you health knowlege and give a good health check and that might out your mind at ease abit to know they are 100%.
 
The girls have been fully healthchecked by my guinea pig savy vet. They are perfect in everyway. I'm just scared because of whats gone on in the last few months. My animals are like my children. I'm sorry if that all sounds a bit crazy but i feel totally gutted and lost
 
My pets are like my children too so I know where you are comming from. Glad that they have had a thourgh health check, so you have nothing to worry about!
 
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I have lost 6 of my own piggies this year, most of them older ones and all of them to different causes. The first couple of deaths happened within a week of each other and neither was one I could brace for (one was an emergency fast growing mammary tumor op on a younger piggy that turned out had a very irregular heartbeat and who sadly didn't make it; she'd gone within 24 hours of me noticing that something wasn't right; the other within 48 hours).

Like you, I have been feeling very low and inadequate at times and very jittery whenever a new issue has arisen with yet another piggy, especially after my third trip in a row to the vets for pts. Even though I know that I did the right thing each time and that there is nothing more I could have done for any of the piggies, it throws you big time! :yikes:

Your experience is very normal for your situation, as you have to go through yet another grieving process before you have finished the previous one and your coping mechanism is currently running on overload/high alert.
It is even harder when a death is due to an elective treatment. I nearly lost one of my neutered boars to gut adhesion from a band of swelling behind the operated area within a couple of weeks of losing his predecessor to cancer. I don't know how well I would have coped under the circumstances; it was a VERY close shave and some incredible luck that I happened to have a very strong antibiotic at home for his predecessor Llewelyn and we could keep Hywel alive during the weekend until it kicked in and he could be seen by a specialist. But I have lost piggies in or after operations before, and those deaths were always harder to cope with.

You will get over it as time passes and nothing bad happens and you can slowly digest it all. Unfortunately, when you have a larger number of pets, they are a lot like British buses - nothing for a long time and then several all at once. :(
 
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I have lost 6 of my own piggies this year, most of them older ones and all of them to different causes. The first couple of deaths happened within a week of each other and neither was one I could brace for (one was an emergency fast growing mammary tumor op on a younger piggy that turned out had a very irregular heartbeat and who sadly didn't make it; she'd gone within 24 hours of me noticing that something wasn't right; the other within 48 hours).

Like you, I have been feeling very low and inadequate at times and very jittery whenever a new issue has arisen with yet another piggy, especially after my third trip in a row to the vets for pts - even though I know that I did the right thing each time and that there is nothing more I could have done for any of the piggies. :yikes:

Your experience is very normal for your situation, as you have to go through yet another grieving process before you have finished the previous one and your coping mechanism is currently running on overload/high alert.

You will get over it as time passes and nothing bad happens and you can slowly digest it all. Unfortunately, when you have a larger number of pets, they are a lot like British buses - nothing for a long time and then several all at once. :(
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I lost my last girl piggy in March,( last of many kept over 20 years) within a week, my chipmunk died too! I vowed I would never have any more. But, I changed jobs, looked after my bosses piggies, she said 'you will understand them'. It is her fault, I was hooked again, within a week I had adopted 3 boys, but then lost one to pneumonia, then found out the rescue place was too overcrowded, and the piggies were fed on rabbit food! In the last month I have spent £200 on piggies, setting up cages (indoor) and rescue donation, vets bills, food etc.... But I don't regret any of it. I saved three piggies, and at least I had Toffee PTS, where as he might just have died at the rescue.
 
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