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Rest In Paradise my little mate.

I lost my boy at 2.55am today, he was a rescue, and only two and half years old. I apologize if I ramble as have been drinking whisky since (and I very rarely drink alcohol), but I feel so awful that I didn't do more for him. I syringe-fed him several times a day; hours on my lap at a time. When he was losing weight, I took him to a vet and was prescribed Metacam, and as I was hesitant about him having an anaesthetic to check his teeth, I took him to rodentologist friends (who have been trained at Cambridge Cavy Trust), where he had his teeth trimmed. As there was no improvement after the weekend, I took him to Sandhole vets Tuesday, where he was booked in to have his teeth burred Wednesday, but he didn't make it that far. I feel guilty that maybe he would've survived if I'd gone to Sandhole in the first place. I've lost a few piggies over the years, but I've never cried as much. My favourite died not so long ago, but it was so sudden, that I excepted it, but Wimpey has really affected me, I didn't realize how much I loved the little 'so-and so'!

I thought I'd done everything I could, but I think I need to have an autopsy, if only for my own selfish 'peace of mind'.

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I'm really sorry for your sad loss, I know that losing a piggy is equally the same as losing any loved one & my thoughts are with you. R.I.P. Wimpey. xx
 
I am so sorry for the loss of your beautiful piggie. Massive hugs

RIP Wimpey
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So sorry you lost Wimpy. Please please don't blame yourself you did all you could and its plain to see how much you loved him x
 
I'm sorry to hear about wimpey . I know what you are going through. I lost George under anaesthetic at the vets. It is awful when you just don't expect it to happen. You did everything you could . Perhaps being a rescue guinea he may have underlying health problems apart from his teeth. I wish I had asked the vets more questions about what happened , so you should do all you can to put your mind at rest. Have an autopsy if you feel you should.
He looked a cute guinea!
 
please don't torture yourself over this , you DID do everything in your power to save this little guy x you showed him how it feels to be loved x sometimes no matter how hard you try it wasn't meant to be , hes popcorning free now and hes took all the love you gave him with him . its so hard when they leave I have lost 2 beloved pets (a piggy and a dog) in the space of 4 months so I know how horrible all the what ifs and if onlys feel but please let them go you did the best you could do . big big hugs to you at this awful time xx
 
George pig said:
I'm sorry to hear about wimpey . I know what you are going through. I lost George under anaesthetic at the vets. It is awful when you just don't expect it to happen. You did everything you could . Perhaps being a rescue guinea he may have underlying health problems apart from his teeth. I wish I had asked the vets more questions about what happened , so you should do all you can to put your mind at rest. Have an autopsy if you feel you should.
He looked a cute guinea!
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Thank you so much for your kind words. I didn't have an autopsy, one reason being it wouldn't bring him back, the second being, I was in bed recovering the rest of the day (my own fault from the alcohol; never again!). I buried him yesterday, and said my final Goodbyes, and am realizing that I did do what I thought was my best. It is so quiet without him though! x
 
George pig said:
I'm sorry to hear about wimpey . I know what you are going through. I lost George under anaesthetic at the vets. It is awful when you just don't expect it to happen. You did everything you could . Perhaps being a rescue guinea he may have underlying health problems apart from his teeth. I wish I had asked the vets more questions about what happened , so you should do all you can to put your mind at rest. Have an autopsy if you feel you should.
He looked a cute guinea!
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piggylover said:
please don't torture yourself over this , you DID do everything in your power to save this little guy x you showed him how it feels to be loved x sometimes no matter how hard you try it wasn't meant to be , hes popcorning free now and hes took all the love you gave him with him . its so hard when they leave I have lost 2 beloved pets (a piggy and a dog) in the space of 4 months so I know how horrible all the what ifs and if onlys feel but please let them go you did the best you could do . big big hugs to you at this awful time xx
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Thank you for your kind words, and I'm sorry for your losses. I buried the little guy yesterday, and have done the 'beating myself up bit', so feel I can move on. My other piggies are fairly quiet. Wimpey would be reaching up at the bars like a meercat, when I was in my kitchen, bless him! xx
 
You did all you could, grief is a complex thing - we feel numb, anger, guilt , pain. The what if's are a tricky part of grief to deal with but totally natural. You will come through this. Hugs x
 
Many thanks to everyone for their kind words, and apologize if I've duplicated my replies, so am sending this multi-reply. I do hope I've not missed anyone. xx
 
I am very sorry for your loss; you were a caring mum to Wimpey!
 
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