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My lovely little baby Munchkin went to the bridge last night :cry::cry::cry: she was only a few months old. I'm really devastated and I know it's probably my fault so please be kind :cry:

Here's what happened: I went to bed at 2am when I finished my uni assignment. My OH got up at 7am and went to feed them. Munchkin was gone and he said she looked so terrible he buried her straight away, so I didn't see her. Her neck was broken.

She was bald from her shoulders to her coccyx (sp?) as if she had been shaved. There was no fur lying around in the cage and they are indoors so I don't think it was a predator. OH thinks that the other piggies killed her, but I just don't know how they could murder their best friend :cry::cry::cry:
 
honey, its the same with kids, you cant watch them 24/7 dont beat yourself up, it does sound horrific, ive never heard anything like it.

how many pigs you got? do they/did they get along?

I'm sorry by the way, but i dont think people on here will judge you :)
 
thank you. They were a group of 4 (I have 2 boys as well but they are separate). They always got along, they used to have phases where one was left out but it was never the same pig again and again it was always a different pig
 
are you sue it cant be anythingP else? i mean i dont know enough to understand the ins and outs of packs and I'm sure someone will come along and may be able to give some kind of explanation, then maybe you wont blame yourself?

Poor baby eh? Rip Munchkin, you got any piccies?
 
Are you sure it was shaved and not plucked? She could of fell off something if you have anything they can climb on and maybe the other pigs moaned her by eating her coat as they sometimes do when alive anyways I think. x
 
Aww, how horrible for you! I'm so sorry for your loss 8... I can't find any explanation for this apart from what Beautifulmess has mentioned. I'm so sorry :(

RIP Munchkin :rose
 
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Guinea pigs don't kill their companions. It is likely that Munchkin had a bad fall and one of the others may have nibbled her hair in order to help her when she was struggling to breathe. I have seen piggies lick eyes that go blind with cataracts or nuzzle the side of a body where a bladder stone was located inside. Piggies can be very supportive if one of them is ill!

Things that you can't prevent happen, and you would not have been able to change the outcome if you had been there. Take comfort in the thought that Munchkin must have died with her friends being with her and looking after her to the best of their ability.

But it is very much a shock!
 
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BIG HUG

Guinea pigs don't kill their companions. It is likely that Munchkin had a bad fall and one of the others may have nibbled her hair in order to help her when she was struggling to breathe. I have seen piggies lick eyes that go blind with cataracts or nuzzle the side of a body where a bladder stone was located inside. Piggies can be very supportive if one of them is ill!

Things that you can't prevent happen, and you would not have been able to change the outcome if you had been there.

But it is very much a shock!
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It's true. Whatever happened, happened. You are not to blame, you can't predict anything and it's just a sad accident. I haven't seen you post before so I don't know much about your guinea pigs but I'm sure she was extremely happy with you. <3 Hugs
 
there you go love, told you there would be an explanation of some kind, you werent to blame.

Just let your baby go now, she will be safe now x
 
when i was rescuing i had a baby boar come in around 8 wks old who was living with another 8 week old boar and an older boar aged 2yrs, they all got along well and one morning i came in and the baby was dead and half his head and ear had been eaten by the others, it was soooo upsetting, but i noticed when my sow died 3 wks ago i put her body in with her friends for a few mins so they could say good bye and they started to eat her ears i took her straight out, i have heard sometimes guinea pigs have eaten their friends once they are dead either over stimulation to try and get them alive or to remove the evidence with them been at the bottom of the food chain removing/eating there siblings/friends that have died will help to keep them safe from prey.
 
oh I'm so, so sorry, but as others have said, it sounds like a fall or similar, I'm sure if she'd been attacked there would have been bloodshed etc. RIP little piggie x
 
I know where your coming from when you say you think its your fault. My piggy patches died 2 weeks ago and I'm still having guilt problems. I think what if i had held him the night before... maybe i would hav noticed something. Or i think what could i have done while i was taking care of him that could have prevented his death. SO many questions i asked myself... did i hold him enough? .... Was he happy?... its a terrible feeling.

:) but think... if you would have found her while she was alive you would have done your best to save her, you would have given your all. I'm sure you know if you had the chance to save her you would have. I feel your pain, i know its hard and the guilt is unbarable but think of it this way hun.... if you were ment to save her you would have.... it was just her time to go. Me and my pigs send our love! Stay strong, it will get better in time. :) I'm sure she was a happy pig! x hug hug hug
 
Thanks everybody. I'm a bit worried about how my other piggies are going to cope without her and what will happen to the group dynamic. So far they just seem a bit shocked and subdued
 
Aww sorry for your loss x It's no ones fault xx
As for your other girls I'm sure they'll be fine, I keep having to take one of my girl piggies away to treat her skin every month (only for a few days at a time, vet advice) and the other 5 miss her like mad and wheek loads but when she goes back in they're fine.
Only this time one of the others has bit her and she's caused a lot of self trauma to herself so she's inside for a while now whilst she heals properly, but I really want to bring her cloest piggy friend in to be with her but I daren't incase she hurts herself again:(.
 
8... aww I'm so sorry for your loss.

You should definitely not feel any guilt about it and feel proud that you provided such a great home for her in the time she had. You should also feel proud that your piggies are so well loved that they tried so desparately to help their friend when she was hurt - taking off her hair to try to help her.

They'll be sad and grieving now too with such storng bonds between them. They will know you are sad too and will need you as much as you need them.

I feel so sorry for all of you.
 
I'm so sorry for your loss but please do not blame yourself. I agree with what has already been said and that it sounds like your piggy could have fell.

I know it isn't the same thing but I had 3 gerbils once. One was tiny compared to the other 2 and when we woke up one morning, the smallest one was dead and looked dreadful. I didn't see him but hubby says his leg was hanging off and he had been chewed. We will never know what happened but it sounds like he fell off the ledge, broke his leg and died. As gerbils are social animals, we *think* the other 2 were just trying to help him or something. For weeks afterwards I felt so guilty thinking that he had been attacked by the other 2 but I really do not think this is the case. We still have the remaining 2 and there have never been any problems since.
 
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