Rest In Peace, My Angel ♥ [9/6/16]

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thursday morning, at roughly 4am, my beautiful guinea pig passed away quietly in her sleep.
I made this account when I first got my two piggies, Mimi and Fluffy, and as I was quite young looking back at my old posts and questions was bittersweet. I posted a couple photos, a couple questions, but forgot my login until I came across this community again and decided to log back in for some advice.
as I’m writing this I’m holding back tears; I’m so happy to have had the privilege of looking after her and loving her, even on those cold winter mornings cleaning her cage out. I'll miss summer days spent watching her and her sister graze our grass in the sunshine.
about a year ago she developed lumps that didn’t seem to be causing her direct problems, but she slowly lost weight, even though she was eating, and had an anti inflammatory injection, which seemed to temporarily perk her up.
but the past couple months she was suffering from upper respiratory problems and wednesday night she was terribly uncomfortable. we looked everywhere for another antibiotic but they didnt stock it until early next day and my vets warned me she was approaching her time.
I moved her cage up to my room and spent the night with her, only to hear coughing and sniffing, so I comforted her best I could. at about three thirty in the morning I heard the loudest chirping sound ever, unhappy chirping, and turned the light on.
she seemed in great pain and suffering badly, attempting to move to Fluffy, so I battled tears and helped her. she turned her exhausted head to look at me, for what was the last time, flopped down next to her and fell asleep. I don’t know how long I stroked her for but she became peaceful and her breath slowed to nothing and she lay, Fluffy still nuzzling her ears.
that morning and day was quite difficult for the whole family and me, and my exams caused further stress, but we buried her deep next to a significant tree to me, to return this wonderful creature back to the earth’s energy.

if anyone has any advice on looking after Fluffy, now on her own, in the best way we can now, please do comment as I'd really appreciate any advice or past experiences as this is my first

Mimi Lissa,
rest in peace, my angel,
you can dream of all the nuggets and veggies you please now, you cheeky monkey,
you'll never be forgotten ♥
[09/06/16]
 
This made me cry. I'm so sorry lost your piggy, I hope you take comfort in the fact that she went peacefully and you got to say your goodbyes.

How is fluffy doing? Does she seem depressed or is she still pottering about?
 
How very upsetting :( I can tell your Angel was a BIG part of your life and you both adored one another.

Popcorn Happily at the Rainbow Bridge little one x
 
I am so sorry for your loss.. these posts break my heart xx
 
i am sorry for your loss; clearly you love your pigs with all your heart.
i haven't been in exactly the same situation as you as i have boars but i recently lost stan and benson was looking pretty sad. Stan passed on the monday and we put a baby boy in with benson on Wednesday.

Wee mike is not a patch on stan. Each pig is so individual but it was definitely a good decision for benson and i feel it has kept me occupied so the loss of stan is more tolerable.

That's just my personal experience. It's hard balancing the needs of your remaining piggy with your own need to grieve. Take care xx
 
I am so sorry for your loss, you obviously shared such a wonderful bond and she was so loved. Keep a close eye on Fluffy as she will be grieving too and have a look at the link posted above. Any questions just ask, the forum is here to help support you. Huge hugs at this sad time

Sleep well little one

RIP Mimi
x x
 
Miss-Jenny said:
thursday morning, at roughly 4am, my beautiful guinea pig passed away quietly in her sleep.
I made this account when I first got my two piggies, Mimi and Fluffy, and as I was quite young looking back at my old posts and questions was bittersweet. I posted a couple photos, a couple questions, but forgot my login until I came across this community again and decided to log back in for some advice.
as I’m writing this I’m holding back tears; I’m so happy to have had the privilege of looking after her and loving her, even on those cold winter mornings cleaning her cage out. I'll miss summer days spent watching her and her sister graze our grass in the sunshine.
about a year ago she developed lumps that didn’t seem to be causing her direct problems, but she slowly lost weight, even though she was eating, and had an anti inflammatory injection, which seemed to temporarily perk her up.
but the past couple months she was suffering from upper respiratory problems and wednesday night she was terribly uncomfortable. we looked everywhere for another antibiotic but they didnt stock it until early next day and my vets warned me she was approaching her time.
I moved her cage up to my room and spent the night with her, only to hear coughing and sniffing, so I comforted her best I could. at about three thirty in the morning I heard the loudest chirping sound ever, unhappy chirping, and turned the light on.
she seemed in great pain and suffering badly, attempting to move to Fluffy, so I battled tears and helped her. she turned her exhausted head to look at me, for what was the last time, flopped down next to her and fell asleep. I don’t know how long I stroked her for but she became peaceful and her breath slowed to nothing and she lay, Fluffy still nuzzling her ears.
that morning and day was quite difficult for the whole family and me, and my exams caused further stress, but we buried her deep next to a significant tree to me, to return this wonderful creature back to the earth’s energy.

if anyone has any advice on looking after Fluffy, now on her own, in the best way we can now, please do comment as I'd really appreciate any advice or past experiences as this is my first

Mimi Lissa,
rest in peace, my angel,
you can dream of all the nuggets and veggies you please now, you cheeky monkey,
you'll never be forgotten ♥
[09/06/16]
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Firstly, I am so sorry for your loss. You will always cherish the memories of Mimi. I lost my little piggy to a URI & it was so heartbreaking, we only had her for a month & it sounds like you've had Mimi for years so your pain must be great.
When we lost Keira we were left with one female, Natalie. I was torn between re homing her & eventually finding her another friend. In the end we decided to keep Natalie & she was alone for around a month. Honestly, she seemed fine. She was still her usual self. I was so concerned she may have caught the URI that I couldn't bear the thought of getting another pig in that environment straight away. Eventually we got another female & it was the best thing we could have done.
I really would advise getting another piggy. But do seek advice around isolation times because of the risk of the URI being caught. I believe it's two weeks but don't count on that.
I hope your pain eases eventually. RIP little Mimi xx
 
Thank you all for the amazing support :-)

@Beans&Toast yes I'm grateful that she fell asleep first and I'd rather have been there to feel closure than to have left her in the hands of others.
Fluffy has been a little warm the past couple days due to the humid weather, so I'm attributing her floppiness to that, and I've been taking her out to cool down and spend time with us - she seems to be pottering around and muttering to herself as always luckily, the only change I've witnessed being she's a little less confident wandering around on her own at first. In her cage, she sleeps where she last was with Mimi though, so I'm pretty sure she misses her, but I'm just glad she's eating and drinking as usual. x

@nana piggie thank you for your wishes x

@VickiA yes she's stolen so much of my heart, the cheeky munchkin :') thank you for the link, I'll be reading through it in a couple minutes. x

@Moo as my first pet, to myself to look after each day, she meant a lot to me, thank you for your kind words. x

@artcasper I've read a couple posts myself and end up sobbing, I completely understand, thank you for the support :-) x

@tabelmabel when you talk about individuality of each one I honestly relate entirely, even if I were to get another piggy, I'm not sure it would fill the gap as each little creature is so different from one another personality and looks wise. gradually though I'll take comfort in that, as she was unique and like us humans, the only one of her kind. best wishes to you and your piggy family :-) x

@Dindypig hugely appreciated <3

@sport_billy I'm so surprised at how many people replied, I only wish I'd made use of this sooner but now I know how wonderful the community is and will further make use of it to help Fluffy, and maybe future piggies as somehow I've fallen inlove with the whole species heheh - thank you very much for you advice and wishes x

@JessyD2 I'm sorry for your loss. </3 I appreciate your experience as we're also wondering whether to keep her on her own but pay as much attention or to get another piggy, but Fluffy's getting old and may not become friendly with a younger pig in her cage, so we're still unsure whether to get into the cycle of getting a new piggy. I'll be considering though :-) x

@Riggs Pigs I really hope so, thank you <3
 
Please look at my thread. Everybody on this thread
 
Miss-Jenny said:
Thank you all for the amazing support :-)

@Beans&Toast yes I'm grateful that she fell asleep first and I'd rather have been there to feel closure than to have left her in the hands of others.
Fluffy has been a little warm the past couple days due to the humid weather, so I'm attributing her floppiness to that, and I've been taking her out to cool down and spend time with us - she seems to be pottering around and muttering to herself as always luckily, the only change I've witnessed being she's a little less confident wandering around on her own at first. In her cage, she sleeps where she last was with Mimi though, so I'm pretty sure she misses her, but I'm just glad she's eating and drinking as usual. x

@nana piggie thank you for your wishes x

@VickiA yes she's stolen so much of my heart, the cheeky munchkin :') thank you for the link, I'll be reading through it in a couple minutes. x

@Moo as my first pet, to myself to look after each day, she meant a lot to me, thank you for your kind words. x

@artcasper I've read a couple posts myself and end up sobbing, I completely understand, thank you for the support :-) x

@tabelmabel when you talk about individuality of each one I honestly relate entirely, even if I were to get another piggy, I'm not sure it would fill the gap as each little creature is so different from one another personality and looks wise. gradually though I'll take comfort in that, as she was unique and like us humans, the only one of her kind. best wishes to you and your piggy family :-) x

@Dindypig hugely appreciated <3

@sport_billy I'm so surprised at how many people replied, I only wish I'd made use of this sooner but now I know how wonderful the community is and will further make use of it to help Fluffy, and maybe future piggies as somehow I've fallen inlove with the whole species heheh - thank you very much for you advice and wishes x

@JessyD2 I'm sorry for your loss. </3 I appreciate your experience as we're also wondering whether to keep her on her own but pay as much attention or to get another piggy, but Fluffy's getting old and may not become friendly with a younger pig in her cage, so we're still unsure whether to get into the cycle of getting a new piggy. I'll be considering though :-) x

@Riggs Pigs I really hope so, thank you <3
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Ah I understand, our female was still very young when we introduced another Guinea pig into the cage. Best of luck with Fluffy xx
 
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