KleineMaus
New Born Pup
I've decided to open a thread and I hope I did it in the right corner of this forum.
I am deeply devistated and overwhelmed with a lot of stuff and questions in my head after I found one of my piggys dead yesterday evening. So I hope everything I wrote is clear and not confusing I really tried my best.
I'll start of with saying that she (Mümmelchen) was about 5 years and a few month old I got her roughly 5 years ago with another piggy (Princess Fluffels) which sadly passed 1 and a half year ago during an operation.
Mümmelchen then got a new companion (male: Manfred) and a few months ago a small one called poppy because we wanted to avoid going through the stress of trying to find a new piggy while grieving.
Now about 3-4 weeks ago I noticed that mümmelchen had been loosing a lot of weight so I immediately rushed to the vet where nothing could get diagnosed still the vet gave me bene bac and antibiotics for infections. She was sitting in a corner that night and I tought she'd slip away since she refused to eat or move at all. I got back hope when she started to act normal again she was really chill and didn't really care much about anything going on she wouldn't let anyone ruin her peace. The next day she was fine again moving around normally drinking a lot but not eating hay only fresh veggies mainly tomato which has a lot of water too. I had a few appointments at the vet following up where still nothing seemed odd beside her weight so my vet decided I should give her some medication that is kind of an vitamin boost. From that day on she was acting completely normal again eating hay, begging for food whenever I got into my room, running up to me etc. The vet send some poop to a laboratory and they found an alarming amount of yeast fungus there. At this point I tought that if we treat this she will be gaining weight again and with that she would be completely fine again. Last Friday I started the treatment with a medication that was supposed to fight the yeast she still seemed fine up until Saturday where she was in a house which she's usually never, when I went up to her to give her the medication she was still begging for food but wouldn't turn around so I got her out and she was taking it by herself I then put her back where she was. A couple of hours later I saw her in a diffrent house with poppy so I tought they where just relaxing together but when I wanted to check on her some time later and put the house up she was not reacting I immediately knew but I couldn't wrap my head around it so I gently placed my hand on her and realized that it was indeed true she was dead I just started crying and screaming I really tought she would be fine again she had never been sick before. I held her for a bit stroking her gently giving her small kisses and saying goodbye when I noticed tiny white strings moving on her face that's when I decided it was time to put her in a box with some hay and a dried rose between her little legs. While she was sick now I noticed Manfred gently licking her ear sometimes and now that she's gone he seems distressed and is doing a lot of teeth noises (not chattering).
I feel horrible because I didn't notice before I had a bad feeling but didn't think this would happen. I feel like I left her alone even though I was in the same room when she passed and I still wonder why and what could have been wrong. When I was saying my goodbyes I noticed a bald spot on her chin. She looked really calm and peaceful just like I knew her and thankfully I found a thread here explaining what happends to them when they die. She and Fluffels where my first own pets that I had to fight for since I was 12 years old (I'm now 22) they've been with me from my darkest days fighting the lowest point of my depression and other problems to now studying my dream. I feel so much pain I just needed some other piggy moms and dads to talk to. I am hoping I will maybe get some closure and thank you so much for reading trough this. I have not found anything similar to this so I'm hoping for someone to know what could have been going on or someone who shared a similar experience. I hope your sweet piggys are doing well and that you truly enjoy every moment with them.
I am deeply devistated and overwhelmed with a lot of stuff and questions in my head after I found one of my piggys dead yesterday evening. So I hope everything I wrote is clear and not confusing I really tried my best.
I'll start of with saying that she (Mümmelchen) was about 5 years and a few month old I got her roughly 5 years ago with another piggy (Princess Fluffels) which sadly passed 1 and a half year ago during an operation.
Mümmelchen then got a new companion (male: Manfred) and a few months ago a small one called poppy because we wanted to avoid going through the stress of trying to find a new piggy while grieving.
Now about 3-4 weeks ago I noticed that mümmelchen had been loosing a lot of weight so I immediately rushed to the vet where nothing could get diagnosed still the vet gave me bene bac and antibiotics for infections. She was sitting in a corner that night and I tought she'd slip away since she refused to eat or move at all. I got back hope when she started to act normal again she was really chill and didn't really care much about anything going on she wouldn't let anyone ruin her peace. The next day she was fine again moving around normally drinking a lot but not eating hay only fresh veggies mainly tomato which has a lot of water too. I had a few appointments at the vet following up where still nothing seemed odd beside her weight so my vet decided I should give her some medication that is kind of an vitamin boost. From that day on she was acting completely normal again eating hay, begging for food whenever I got into my room, running up to me etc. The vet send some poop to a laboratory and they found an alarming amount of yeast fungus there. At this point I tought that if we treat this she will be gaining weight again and with that she would be completely fine again. Last Friday I started the treatment with a medication that was supposed to fight the yeast she still seemed fine up until Saturday where she was in a house which she's usually never, when I went up to her to give her the medication she was still begging for food but wouldn't turn around so I got her out and she was taking it by herself I then put her back where she was. A couple of hours later I saw her in a diffrent house with poppy so I tought they where just relaxing together but when I wanted to check on her some time later and put the house up she was not reacting I immediately knew but I couldn't wrap my head around it so I gently placed my hand on her and realized that it was indeed true she was dead I just started crying and screaming I really tought she would be fine again she had never been sick before. I held her for a bit stroking her gently giving her small kisses and saying goodbye when I noticed tiny white strings moving on her face that's when I decided it was time to put her in a box with some hay and a dried rose between her little legs. While she was sick now I noticed Manfred gently licking her ear sometimes and now that she's gone he seems distressed and is doing a lot of teeth noises (not chattering).
I feel horrible because I didn't notice before I had a bad feeling but didn't think this would happen. I feel like I left her alone even though I was in the same room when she passed and I still wonder why and what could have been wrong. When I was saying my goodbyes I noticed a bald spot on her chin. She looked really calm and peaceful just like I knew her and thankfully I found a thread here explaining what happends to them when they die. She and Fluffels where my first own pets that I had to fight for since I was 12 years old (I'm now 22) they've been with me from my darkest days fighting the lowest point of my depression and other problems to now studying my dream. I feel so much pain I just needed some other piggy moms and dads to talk to. I am hoping I will maybe get some closure and thank you so much for reading trough this. I have not found anything similar to this so I'm hoping for someone to know what could have been going on or someone who shared a similar experience. I hope your sweet piggys are doing well and that you truly enjoy every moment with them.
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