RIP LILLY 01/04/19

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Angelamarye3

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My name is Angela and I live in the US. I am having a really hard time handling the loss of my daughters pet Lilly.

I have extrem guilt and I feel like I’m the one that killed her because we were gone to long. I’m not sure what day she passed.

We went away for the holiday and I think she died from dehydration and heat stroke. I keep replaying what if’s in my head.

My girls 10 and 6 have been consoling me when I should be consoling them. They said that Lilly is now with their Great Grand Ma Nana and their cat Quincy in heaven and that they will be ok.

I Love the spirit and strength my girls.

I hope no one feels I am a bad person becasue I do love animals. Just feeling like I made a lot of bad decisions and my guilt is consuming me.

Please share some coping tips.

To all those who lost a piggy, you have my heart felt and deepest condolences. ❤️
 
You and your daughters could make a photo album of all the good times you shared together with your guinea pig, or print out a photo and frame it.
I've only ever lost one piggy, and it’s a very hard thing to go through, they’re such characters, sending hugs your way.
May I ask whether she had a friend?
 
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Sophie Blane said:
You and your daughters could make a photo album of all the good times you shared together with your guinea pig, or print out a photo and frame it.
Ive only ever lost one piggy, and it’s a very hard thing to go through, they’re such characters, sending hugs your way.
May I ask whether she had a friend?
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Thank you so very Much
 
Angelamarye3 said:
My name is Angela and I live in the US. I am having a really hard time handling the loss of my daughters pet Lilly.

I have extrem guilt and I feel like I’m the one that killed her because we were gone to long. I’m not sure what day she passed.

We went away for the holiday and I think she died from dehydration and heat stroke. I keep replaying what if’s in my head.

My girls 10 and 6 have been consoling me when I should be consoling them. They said that Lilly is now with their Great Grand Ma Nana and their cat Quincy in heaven and that they will be ok.

I Love the spirit and strength my girls.

I hope no one feels I am a bad person becasue I do love animals. Just feeling like I made a lot of bad decisions and my guilt is consuming me.

Please share some coping tips.

To all those who lost a piggy, you have my heart felt and deepest condolences. ❤️
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I suffered some loss to heat stroke one summer during a vacation even with a friend looking in on the pets twice a day. It happens sometimes even when we prepare as best we can, it’s just an unfortunate accident. In my case we had a freak heatwave and my former home was really quite bad at storing heat. I felt awful and the friend felt terribly guilty despite trying to cool the temperature as much as possible and providing plenty of water, ventilation, watery vegetables and cool packs wrapped in towels.

I’m so sorry it happened to you, I know there is an immense feeling of guilt for not being there to monitor things closely but please don’t be too hard on yourself. I think the photo album idea @Sophie Blane mentioned is a wonderful idea.
 
I am so sorry for your loss :(
I like the photo album idea that was mentioned above. When my Nickel passed, I talked with my family about him and that helped me cope - maybe talking about Lilly will do the same for you. Otherwise, writing your thoughts and/or memories down of Lilly could help too :)
 
Pawz said:
I suffered some loss to heat stroke one summer during a vacation even with a friend looking in on the pets twice a day. It happens sometimes even when we prepare as best we can, it’s just an unfortunate accident. In my case we had a freak heatwave and my former home was really quite bad at storing heat. I felt awful and the friend felt terribly guilty despite trying to cool the temperature as much as possible and providing plenty of water, ventilation, watery vegetables and cool packs wrapped in towels.

I’m so sorry it happened to you, I know there is an immense feeling of guilt for not being there to monitor things closely but please don’t be too hard on yourself. I think the photo album idea @Sophie Blane mentioned is a wonderful idea.
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I can not thank you all for you kind word is love. This is really helping me and I will definitely do the photo idea
 
So sorry you lost Lilly. Please be kind to yourself, this was not intentional, you are a caring person and you loved her, she may have died of something completely unrelated. Sleep tight little Lily x
 
Thank You so much. I must say I am so thankful for this site. You all have truly help me begin the healing process. Bless You all, you all are a ray of light in darkness.
 
I am so sorry for the loss of your piggy. Huge hugs to you at this sad time

Sleep well little one

RIP Lilly
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Thank you so very much. You site has been a healing space for me and my girls.
 
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