#grief #loss

Hello, After a few weeks of ups and downs of my boy being sick. Unfortunately, I had to make the decision to put him to sleep. It was an incredibly painful decision but it was what was best for him as I don’t think he would have made it through today. He was a light, a very vibrant pig and...

Hi, I’m just posting because I'm absolutely devastated about the death of my 9 month old guinea pig and I guess I hoping someone here might help me gain closure / process what has happened. Sorry for the long description. To try to summarise, my previously perfectly healthy little piggy gradually...

Hi, I am just posting to see if anyone has been in a similar situation or has any advice on how to navigate this. Our boy Hazel who lived for 7.5 years had to be put to sleep yesterday and we are beyond devastated. 💔 I feel immense guilt as I wasn’t there with him. Over the last few months he...

Hello, My guinea pig (Lance) died yesterday morning of suspected pneumonia. He was nearly 3 years old. He first had a URI a few months after we adopted him, he would have been 6 or 7 months at that point. Since then he’s had 2 more URIs and he responded well to antibiotics. His last URI was in...

This is my first post and to be honest it's a hard one. I've come on here to not feel so alone in this grieving process and sorry if I've posted in the the wrong thread. December 2023 our piggies Maisie had blood in her urine. We only rescued her in June 2023 to add to our very small herd but...

Hi. I had a previous thread regarding all the health issues my 3 guineas have been going through for the past 2 or so months. Unfortunately Mocha passed away a little over a week ago. We found her in the morning. I’m not sure why she passed but she was Ill. All 3 of them were going back and...

I’m so broken right now. On October 29th, my piggy baby Oreo took his last breath in my arms. It happened so quickly. He came out of anesthesia late in the evening, was extremely restless and wanted us to pick him and was very confused. Before this, I found him crawling in the hay and went to...

Hi guys, hope everyone is well. As I sit here a week and a half after having my two boars neutured waiting for the one that survived to come out of the vets after starting to squeal when he poos, I wish so badly I could turn back the clocks and have not done it! Many errors on my part I feel...

I apologize in advance for the emotional onslaught to follow! I lost my baby Lola on Wednesday, and I am having trouble dealing with the grief. She was my youngest, sweetest, most curious pig and she brought so much joy to my life. (It didn't hurt that she was utterly adorable: a teddy pig...

I recently lost my first guinea pig after a round of medication that did not work. Within two weeks his health faded and the doctors didn’t know what was wrong with him and gave him 3 medications to complete in 10days. He passed on the 10th day. Due to extreme weight loss and heavy breathing I...