JosieK
Junior Guinea Pig
Our lovely boar Gus passed away today at just 7 months old after a couple of days of being off. He seemed sick on Saturday morning, was at the vets that afternoon and after being given emeprid and metacam seemed to improve yesterday. This morning, I found him seemingly having a fit/seizure and was at the emergency vet within 30 minutes. He died while being sat in the waiting room with me.
A couple of weeks ago, we had brought Gus bonding and he picked a lovely little friend at the rescue who is now about 9 weeks old. Will he be ok on his own for a couple of weeks while I decide what do do? We have another pair of boars (about 1.5 years old and another baby 9 weeks old). He could live next to them for now. I am guessing he can not be in the same cage, even at a young age?
I am absolutely heartbroken and don't want to go out and get another pig straight away, in fact I may decide not to get any more and surrender the little guy back to the rescue so he can be paired up and rehomed, as bad as that sounds.
I am just not sure if I can deal with the constant heartache of losing piggies anymore.
We only just lost a boar at 10 months old last November and to be honest I don't know if I can go through this again. I am starting to feel like I am doing something wrong and it's my fault they keep passing away.
Any advice would be appreciated
A couple of weeks ago, we had brought Gus bonding and he picked a lovely little friend at the rescue who is now about 9 weeks old. Will he be ok on his own for a couple of weeks while I decide what do do? We have another pair of boars (about 1.5 years old and another baby 9 weeks old). He could live next to them for now. I am guessing he can not be in the same cage, even at a young age?
I am absolutely heartbroken and don't want to go out and get another pig straight away, in fact I may decide not to get any more and surrender the little guy back to the rescue so he can be paired up and rehomed, as bad as that sounds.
I am just not sure if I can deal with the constant heartache of losing piggies anymore.
We only just lost a boar at 10 months old last November and to be honest I don't know if I can go through this again. I am starting to feel like I am doing something wrong and it's my fault they keep passing away.
Any advice would be appreciated