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Piggle- goodbye my old feisty girl, you were a legend

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PigglePuggle

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April 2018 I decided to embark on getting my first guinea pigs as an adult. I remembered from childhood they were low maintenance passive little prey animals... and then we brought home Piggle, with her sister/cousin Puggle.

Piggle busted every myth and preconception about guinea pigs in a few days. She climbed onto my shoulder and peed down my neck, ate my hair, bit everyone who came near her, and generally never got the memo about being a prey animal!
She was clever, ferocious, demanding, expensive, she zoomed, popcorned, climbed, and once she reached her teenage months... she was a hormonal nightmare and I quickly had to aquire several more guinea pigs and expand to an enormous C&C cage just to dilute and contain the Piggle effect!

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She deliberately sprayed wee with devastating accuracy. She scared off a tom cat. She savaged children. She lounged on the roof of the hidey houses waiting to pounce or wee on any piggy who dared walk past. She turned furniture updside down. She piggled to the max her whole life, reaching a hefty 1300g of pure power buttocks and attitude :)

Then very suddenly she went downhill, aged 4 years and 8 months. She didnt terrorize the new girl, stopped stealing everypig's dinner... and then stopped eating. The vet found a very fast growing aggresive lymphoma cancer that came out of nowhere in just a few weeks- a cancer as aggresive and pervasive as old Lady Piggle herself- and she left for the rainbow bridge a week after first showing any signs of illness.

She went over the bridge peacefully at home surrounded by her friends, who snuggled her and groomed her right until the end then guarded her body until we took her away for burial. Probably the most peaceful friendly week of her life, the other pigs loved her as much as we did!

I found this photo old photo on the day she died from Halloween 2018 when Piggle played "the ghost of carrots past" which made me laugh through the tears because it's just as inappropriate as everything Piggle ever did! I hope she haunts us, its far too quiet without her...
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A beautiful tribute to a very special piggy.
I am sure you are making your presence known as the Bridge
Sleep tight Piggle
 
I’m so sorry you’ve lost Piggie, the herd won’t be the same without her, sending big hugs to you and piggiedaddy. She had a wonderful life full of all those inappropriate piggie trait only Piggie could do. I remember that photo of Piggie back in 2018 it made me smile. Piggie lived life to the full and that’s a life well led x

Sleep tight little lady🌈
 
I’m so sorry you have lost Piggle. She sounded like such a wonderful piggy. How lovely she left for the bridge with all her friends around her. ❤️
 
I am so sorry to hear this. Sending you all hugs. Piggle was a Forum star who had the most amazing life with her hoomans and herd.
Sleep tight beautiful, feisty Piggle.
 
I’m sorry that Piggle has left you for RB. It was her time to go and to then play and terrorise those at RB ….in her best way ❤️
You have such lovely memories and times with Piggle and she’ll always be with you.
Love to you and your family as you adjust to life without wonderful Piggle 😥
 
I’m so so sorry to hear this. Sending lots of love and thinking of you all

Sleep tight gorgeous Piggle 🌈💕
 
I'm so sorry for your loss. Piggle was a very special piggy and will be missed on the forum. Lovely to read your tribute to her 🌈
 
What a full life she lead, with bucket loads of love and Piggle mischief. I am sure she is teaching the other rainbow piggies how to really behave.

A beautiful tribute to a beautiful girl. Popcorn free Piggle.
 
Aww I‘ m so sorry for your loss. Piggle was such a character and what a fabulous tribute to her.
Sleep tight Piggle and big hugs to you PigglePuggle xx
 
So sorry to hear about by Piggle.
Love a piggy that has so much character.
An amazing tribute to piggy who was much loved and missed.
Sending you massive hugs.
Sleep tight little Piggle.xx
 
Sorry for your loss. What a lovely tribute, I can really sense what a unique character she was. Sleep tight Piggle x
 
I’d like to have seen her in action! What a lovely life she had with you xx
 
Really really sad. What a moving tribute. She sounded absolutely amazing and so full of life, brimming with personality and very expressive, obviously a real character. Sounds like you met her needs so well and adapted to her ways, she was in exactly the right place in your home, living life her own way and keeping everyone on their toes. What a legend. I’m so sorry for your loss and all the sadness that goes with that.

You will be missed Piggle, rest in power, and please say hello to my rainbow pig Betty, (I like to think of all the bombastic, bossy, noisy ones hanging out together and putting the world to rights) x
 
That is a lovely and fitting tribute to Piggle who packed so much character into her beautiful, hefty body.
She’s going to leave a huge hole in your hearts.
Be gentle with yourselves as you grieve for her, and Ollie.
Hugs :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug:
 
Sorry for your loss. Sounds like she was a vivacious queen of sass and had an extraordinary life with you. Sleep peacefully Piggle
 
What a wonderful tribute to your lovely girl. Piggle was unique and loved her best life with you and her friends. I’m so sorry that she didn’t have longer with you, but however long she was here, it would never really be long enough. Big hugs to you and Piggy Daddy. Sleep tight, Piggle.
 
So sorry to read your sad news but what a full life she lived! When the grief subsides you may be able to smile when you think of her antics. Sending hugs.
Popcorn with your news friends Piggle 🌈
 
What a beautiful tribute to your beloved Piggle. She really did live her best life with you and her friends. Sending you big hugs. :hug:

Popcorn free across that rainbow bridge lovely girl. 🌈❤️
 
So very sorry to read that the noble Lady Piggle has taken the road to the Rainbow Bridge, so sad for you especially so soon after losing Ollie pigwig.
She had a wonderful life with you and the herd, it's something that she was at home still being looked after by her friends to the end, and didn't suffer long.
Sending you and piggy daddy hugs :hug: :hug:
Popcorn free over Rainbow Bridge, sweet Piggle 🌈
 
What a beautiful tribute to your beautiful girl, so sad you’ve had to write another one though, sending even more hugs. She was such a special sassy girl and sure the herd isn’t the same without her, such a little star. And totally gorgeous too. Hugs x
Have fun at the Bridge gorgeous Piggle ❤️ xx
 
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