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Junior Guinea Pig
I can't even believe that I am typing this right now. It still just doesn't feel real.
November has not been kind.
After just losing my special boy Patches last week as you all know (I had to put him to sleep due to a bladder stone as he was declining, and he went peacefully as I did not want him suffering), just 5 days later, yesterday when I got home from work I went into the piggie room as I always do & saw that my sweet Cinnamon 'Cinny' had passed, in her comfy bed. She was almost 5. I know that she was getting older & she had lost a little bit of weight, etc. but I didn't know she'd be gone so soon. She was eating, drinking, happy as ever. I had checked the camera footage (yes, I have a piggie cam) & it looks like she may have had a stroke or heart attack, as she went quickly (and peacefully). I literally just held her yesterday morning before I left for work & she was fine, then gone within a few hours later.
Life is not promised & this is why cherishing every moment is so important, especially with your furbabies. I have read about guinea pigs passing suddenly, just never knew I had to experience it. The one positive thing I can take away from these 2 losses is neither one of them suffered, and I loved them both so very much.
Cinnamon was a very special girl. She did NOT, I repeat, did NOT have a soft life to begin with, before me. I rescued her and her sister Sugar on February 24, 2022. They were dumped at a local pet store, and had no hay or food, and were in a fish tank. Cinny had chewed up ears, and was extremely malnourished, I feel like she was also dropped at one point. I nursed her back to health with a bath, a clean home, & a lot of Critical Care (a syringe forage-based feed), hay, you name it.
Turns out both her AND her sister Sugar were actually pregnant, however Cinny lost her baby early on & it was very sad.
Sugar however, had a successful pregnancy, and Powder was born. Cinny was so happy to be an Aunt to baby Powder. After his brother passed last week, I let him get extra time (supervised of course) with his mom & aunt. He loved Aunt Cinny.
She also used to be VERY scared of everything, but over the years she had become so brave & confident.
She has left behind her sister & nephew, who miss her very, very much as do all the other piggies in the piggie room. It is very hard on her sister especially, because Sugar was NEVER without Cinny. They were always together, inseparable. I am keeping a close eye on Sugar, so far she is eating, drinking, and I also have a stuffed animal in the cage with Cinny's scent to give her comfort. She is housed next to another pair of sows (they don't get along outside of the cages unfortunately, but they talk between the bars).
We are all grieving & it is very quiet without Cinny, as she was the loudest. The piggie room is not the same without her and Patches, but we will be strong & support each other with love through these losses.
We love & miss you very much, my sweet, special lady.
Always & Forever.
Rest in peace, beautiful Cinnamon.
February 24, 2022 - November 9, 2026.
After just losing my special boy Patches last week as you all know (I had to put him to sleep due to a bladder stone as he was declining, and he went peacefully as I did not want him suffering), just 5 days later, yesterday when I got home from work I went into the piggie room as I always do & saw that my sweet Cinnamon 'Cinny' had passed, in her comfy bed. She was almost 5. I know that she was getting older & she had lost a little bit of weight, etc. but I didn't know she'd be gone so soon. She was eating, drinking, happy as ever. I had checked the camera footage (yes, I have a piggie cam) & it looks like she may have had a stroke or heart attack, as she went quickly (and peacefully). I literally just held her yesterday morning before I left for work & she was fine, then gone within a few hours later.
Cinnamon was a very special girl. She did NOT, I repeat, did NOT have a soft life to begin with, before me. I rescued her and her sister Sugar on February 24, 2022. They were dumped at a local pet store, and had no hay or food, and were in a fish tank. Cinny had chewed up ears, and was extremely malnourished, I feel like she was also dropped at one point. I nursed her back to health with a bath, a clean home, & a lot of Critical Care (a syringe forage-based feed), hay, you name it.
Turns out both her AND her sister Sugar were actually pregnant, however Cinny lost her baby early on & it was very sad.
She has left behind her sister & nephew, who miss her very, very much as do all the other piggies in the piggie room. It is very hard on her sister especially, because Sugar was NEVER without Cinny. They were always together, inseparable. I am keeping a close eye on Sugar, so far she is eating, drinking, and I also have a stuffed animal in the cage with Cinny's scent to give her comfort. She is housed next to another pair of sows (they don't get along outside of the cages unfortunately, but they talk between the bars).
We are all grieving & it is very quiet without Cinny, as she was the loudest. The piggie room is not the same without her and Patches, but we will be strong & support each other with love through these losses.
We love & miss you very much, my sweet, special lady.
Always & Forever.
Rest in peace, beautiful Cinnamon.
February 24, 2022 - November 9, 2026.
rest in peace sweet Cinny - reunited with Patches over the rainbow bridge 