muchochico
New Born Pup
Hello,
I had to take the difficult decision to put my guinea pig Mucho to sleep yesterday. His health severely deteriorated in just 24h, he had no previous health issues. He was only a year and a half old, so very unexpected, and brought back the trauma of losing my first guinea pig when I was 15. I don’t feel like the vets really told me what was wrong with him, he couldn’t urinate, poop or chew anymore. He was in so much pain and just not himself anymore. While I’m still in shock about it all and grieving, I have to think about my other guinea pig Chico. They were cage mates for about 6months, but we then had to separate them as Mucho would bite him all the time.
So for the past year, they were in different cage, but could still hear/see each other, and smell them through the smells they would leave on the couch or on my clothes.
For now, Chico is eating and drinking. But when he’s on the couch, he searches for Mucho, smells his remaining smells on the couch, and right now he’s been sleeping an hour in the spot where Mucho liked to pee and poop all the time. He also licks the floor where Mucho‘s cage was. I’ve read a lot about bereavement about guinea pigs who were cage mates, but not those who were in separate cages. I think Chico understand that Mucho is gone, but is it going to affect him the same as it would have if they had been cage mates in the long run?
Mucho was always very dominant, and Chico very fiesty and always looking for friendship. I’m scared that he won’t be the same even though they weren’t cage mates.
Has anyone been through this before?
Any feedback/insights would be greatly appreciate.
Thanks for reading me!
I had to take the difficult decision to put my guinea pig Mucho to sleep yesterday. His health severely deteriorated in just 24h, he had no previous health issues. He was only a year and a half old, so very unexpected, and brought back the trauma of losing my first guinea pig when I was 15. I don’t feel like the vets really told me what was wrong with him, he couldn’t urinate, poop or chew anymore. He was in so much pain and just not himself anymore. While I’m still in shock about it all and grieving, I have to think about my other guinea pig Chico. They were cage mates for about 6months, but we then had to separate them as Mucho would bite him all the time.
So for the past year, they were in different cage, but could still hear/see each other, and smell them through the smells they would leave on the couch or on my clothes.
For now, Chico is eating and drinking. But when he’s on the couch, he searches for Mucho, smells his remaining smells on the couch, and right now he’s been sleeping an hour in the spot where Mucho liked to pee and poop all the time. He also licks the floor where Mucho‘s cage was. I’ve read a lot about bereavement about guinea pigs who were cage mates, but not those who were in separate cages. I think Chico understand that Mucho is gone, but is it going to affect him the same as it would have if they had been cage mates in the long run?
Mucho was always very dominant, and Chico very fiesty and always looking for friendship. I’m scared that he won’t be the same even though they weren’t cage mates.
Has anyone been through this before?
Any feedback/insights would be greatly appreciate.
Thanks for reading me!
