Hi Everyone,
After 3.5 wonderful years my husband and I are left totally heartbroken at the loss of our beautiful, special boy (pictured in my profile photo) at 17:30 on Monday evening. The most unique and handsome piggy I've ever seen

We think he had an underlying condition which caused him to go into gut stasis last week. We tried literally everything we could and spent hundreds of punds on trying to get him better but he was not eating or drinking much at all and was becoming so boney.
I returned from work (had to go in for a few hours but couldnt wait to get out and check on my baby) to find him lying on his side very limp. One of the worst moments of my life! Had to rush him to the vets where they reported there was nothing they could do and that he was more or less already gone. I wished my husband had been there with me but he was still at work. We took the decision to bring his beautiful little body home with us for some last cuddles, to say goodbye properly and to have one last night with him The next day (yesterday) we arranged for him to be collected and cremated by a company called Heart of England Pet Cremation in Warwickshire. We have decided to get his ashes put into a photo frame and a pewter love heart keepsake so that he can come back and still live with us in his home
We spent the whole of Monday evening and yesterday balling our eyes out for our baby boy. Like many pigs he had such a wonderful personality and was more like a puppy than a pig - always following us round the house making demands and entertaining us with his vibrant nature. He brightned my day every single day and I miss him so much my heart actually aches We have had some support from loved ones but very few people around us understand our loss as he was 'only a guinea pig for goodness sake' which is so unhelpful and totally belittles the pain we are going through. I wonder how many other people have experienced this reaction to their loss?
Anyway, thank you for allowing me to write this on here - it has helped. I still say good morning and goodnight to my boy and I always will. RIP my teddy bear x