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cazzle
Hi everyone!
In January , we acquired two guinea pigs - both female called Millie and Poppy. Poppy sadly died two weeks later (we were not sure how old she was - she was an unwanted pet and we rehomed her ) - Millie seemed to be very upset (as Poppy was her sister).
For some company for Millie, we bought Sammy - a nice little fella and they got on really well and stayed together until Millie had babies (I posted on here when she was due - she had four babies but one died at birth) - We named the babies Cassandra, Del Boy and Rodney (Yes, I know we are Only fools and horses fans) - Sammy was moved to his own luxury apartment, Del Boy and Rodney live in a big house and Millie and Cassandra shared another big house. Everything was wonderful - they are spoilt - really spoilt . They have loads of fresh fruit and veggies daily, regular Vitamin C drops , water bottles scrubbed with a brush to get rid of every trace of any algae. The veg is washed . They eat a fruity dried guinea pig mix. I get the compacted dust free shavings , meadow hay , bedding hay all from the same pet store. The guinea pigs are cuddled frequently and seem very content and happy.
That was until Sunday morning - I went out and took the hutch covers off to find Cassandra had passed away in the night. I was absolutely gutted- I rang my mum as I always do in an emergency and she came to remove Cassies body and put her in a little coffin. There was no blood , no diarrhoea etc - in fact the day before she was really sprightly and eagerly awaiting her food !. My mum broke the news to the children and I rang my hubby at work and he was really upset too.
We have been wondering if millie had anything to do with both deaths as my hubby wants to get another female for company for her but, we are scared . We don't want to bring another guinea home and then find that she's passed away mysteriously too. We are dumbfounded and really confused. My mum thinks that we should bring the guineas in for the winter but the house is like a madhouse inside with 2 children, 2 dogs and lots of noise and I think this would stress them out.
We took all the guineas to the vets in the summer to have their nails clipped and the vet said they were all really healthy and no obvious heart problems etc.
Please will someone help - we don't know what to do next - do we get a companion for millie? We don't want her to be lonely.
thankyou
Carole xx
P.S we buried cassie later in the day next to poppy
In January , we acquired two guinea pigs - both female called Millie and Poppy. Poppy sadly died two weeks later (we were not sure how old she was - she was an unwanted pet and we rehomed her ) - Millie seemed to be very upset (as Poppy was her sister).
For some company for Millie, we bought Sammy - a nice little fella and they got on really well and stayed together until Millie had babies (I posted on here when she was due - she had four babies but one died at birth) - We named the babies Cassandra, Del Boy and Rodney (Yes, I know we are Only fools and horses fans) - Sammy was moved to his own luxury apartment, Del Boy and Rodney live in a big house and Millie and Cassandra shared another big house. Everything was wonderful - they are spoilt - really spoilt . They have loads of fresh fruit and veggies daily, regular Vitamin C drops , water bottles scrubbed with a brush to get rid of every trace of any algae. The veg is washed . They eat a fruity dried guinea pig mix. I get the compacted dust free shavings , meadow hay , bedding hay all from the same pet store. The guinea pigs are cuddled frequently and seem very content and happy.
That was until Sunday morning - I went out and took the hutch covers off to find Cassandra had passed away in the night. I was absolutely gutted- I rang my mum as I always do in an emergency and she came to remove Cassies body and put her in a little coffin. There was no blood , no diarrhoea etc - in fact the day before she was really sprightly and eagerly awaiting her food !. My mum broke the news to the children and I rang my hubby at work and he was really upset too.
We have been wondering if millie had anything to do with both deaths as my hubby wants to get another female for company for her but, we are scared . We don't want to bring another guinea home and then find that she's passed away mysteriously too. We are dumbfounded and really confused. My mum thinks that we should bring the guineas in for the winter but the house is like a madhouse inside with 2 children, 2 dogs and lots of noise and I think this would stress them out.
We took all the guineas to the vets in the summer to have their nails clipped and the vet said they were all really healthy and no obvious heart problems etc.
Please will someone help - we don't know what to do next - do we get a companion for millie? We don't want her to be lonely.
thankyou
Carole xx
P.S we buried cassie later in the day next to poppy