We miss you Aragon!

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I lost one of my boys a week ago now - Sunday 25th Jan. Aragon was nearly 4 & a handsome boy. He was was one the bosses in the cage & really quite cheeky. :(

He had pnuemonia in May 08 & was very ill. I have a fantastic vet's & they treated him quickly & he made a very quick recovery. Last Saturday I noticed he was breathing very fast & hard & knew it was probably the pneumonia or something similar again. I am a childminder & was working Sat & Sun am. As soon as the little boy I care for had gone home, I was able to get to the vets just before they closed. he had antibiotics & anti-inflammatory injections & the vet said he may or may not pull through.

He slept with me for part of the night & seemed to be holding his own, although I couldn't work out if he was getting better or worse. In the morning he was still going but didn't want to eat. The little boy I came for at about 8am& by 9.30am I found my boy on the floor outside his cage. I think he had gone upstairs, the catch was loose on the upstairs door, he leant on it & fell out. He was dead when i found him.

I have never written a thread like this before, but I haven't grieved for him much yet, because of work (& an impending OFSTED inspection) as well as when & how it happened. I know I need to just write & remember him as I worry that he didn't know how much I,all his guinea friends & the guinea-loving cocker spaniel Susie, loved him. :...

As with all my other boys, he has gone to be cremated & I am waiting for him to come home. It may sound strange but I like my boys back with us.

The hardest part though, is seeing how his best friend is reacting to his death. Legolas is the boss of the group & has been so subdued this week. He isn't one for cuddles or touch, but has sat with me for ages, just being stroked & me talking to him. Normally he has too much to see & do! :0

I am getting 2 new piggies (Billy & Bobby from the 'preston pggies' thread). they are not & will not be a replacement for Aragon, but I am hoping Legolas won't feel so alone. I have 2 other pigs - Jerry & Pippin, but Legolas & Pippin don't like each other & Jerry & Legolas ignore each other!

I has Aragon for 3 wonderful years & he will be missed. I know though that he has been reunited with all his other brothers who have gone before him & that he won't be alone. Yet it doesn't take away the hurt! Still, it is good to finally be able to let myself grieve for him & remember all his love & fun. :( x>>
 
I'm so sorry for your loss. He knows how much he was loved so please don't fret. Animals are grateful for every little thing you do for them - every time you give them fresh food, say hello to them, stroke them, clean their cage out, take them to the vet - everything you do is an act of love and devotion and animals are very sensitive to that. Even though you weren't with him in body when he passed, you were together in spirit, your mind was on him to some degree, and he will have known that.
It is very personal what you choose to do with their remains. All of my past piggies were cremated and their ashes sit in their keepsake boxes on top of the cage, watching over the current gang. I agree, it is good to 'bring them home'.
Take care of yourself and your other piggles. *Hugs* to you. xx
 
What a sad story, it took us ages to get over our first loss, and it doesn't get any better with the ones that follow either. People may gripe and differ sometimes on the forum, but the one thing that binds most of us on here is our love for our animals in our care and feel every loss acutely every time, just like you. He knows how much he was loved, and is no doubt bounding merrily along some timothy hay stocked fields at the Bridge.

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How sad, thankyou for sharing some of his little life with us all 8...8...8...
RIP Aragon run free at the bridge little one, you'll be so sadly missed by your family and piggie friends, have fun munching on the grass xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
((((((((((((((((((((HUGS)))))))))))))))))))))))) and loves from me, please know that he knew you were there for him always, i'm sure he's looking down on you now xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Good luck with the new piggies xxxxx
 
Thank you for your messages. It has been good to finally grieve properly at last. I kept it in for most of last week which it turns out was harder on me than I thought! :(

I'm waiting to hear back from the vets now, hopefully Aragon will be ready to come home in the next day or 2. No doubt there will be more tears, but that's a good thing! :0

It always surprises me how much you miss your little ones when they leave, even though he is my 8th piggy to leave me for greener pastures! I do know he isn't alone though & that he will be munching & playing with his brothers who left before him, which is a huge consolation! :)
 
so sorry for your loss, I know what you are going through, I lost one of my piggies on the 7th. He sounds as if he was a real character. RIP little one and run free with your friends at rainbow bridge.8...
 
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