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Its going to be a long night

Sweet Potato

Sweet Potato

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I went to give spud his nightly veg and he was stumbling around the cage hair puffed up and he was all over the place struggling to stay on his feet. I've picked him up and he's weak and frail. He lost his brother and lifelong friend on Friday and has been OK a little lost but eating, pooping moving about normaly. The overnight vet fobbed us off on the phone saying it sounds like an ear infection and saying we should bring him in in the morning but I'm scared he won't make it through the night. He's cosied up in a blanket on my lap but he's just getting weaker I don't have any critical care or anything and I don't know what I can do.
 
Firstly, I want to say I’m sorry Spud isn’t doing well. I’m no expert on ill piggies, but can you mix his pellets in water or unsweetened cranberry juice and make a mush you can syringe to him?
 
Pigs&Pinschers said:
Firstly, I want to say I’m sorry Spud isn’t doing well. I’m no expert on ill piggies, but can you mix his pellets in water or unsweetened cranberry juice and make a mush you can syringe to him?
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Thanks we don't have syringes but I tried spoon feeding him he's had a little bit but I think he got more on me than actually went in his mouth
 
We're still awake I can still feel a faint heartbeat but I've lost all hope he's just having the odd leg twitch and head movement. I don't want to go to bed because I don't want him to die alone so I'm going to cradle him for as long as it takes I need him to know he's loved.
 
So so sorry.
Spud knew how much you loved him. When he passed he will have felt your love surrounding him.
Sending you massive hugs. Be gentle with yourself as you grieve.
Have fun at the rainbow 🌈bridge with your brother little Spud.xx
 
So sorry you lost little Spud. It's so hard when they leave us. He knew he was loved and will take that with him to the Rainbow Bridge. The call came from the Rainbow Bridge from his brother who wanted them to be reunited. Enjoy your time at the Rainbow Bridge Spud.
 
Oh no I’m so sorry to read this. He would have felt your comfort until the end. He was surrounded by your love. He just couldn’t live on without his brother. Reunited forever over the bridge. Take care. ❤️
 
Sleep tight spud.

I cant imagine how safe and loved he felt in your arms, may he popcorn his way over the bridge ❤️🌈
 
BIG HUGS

I am so sorry that Spud needed to urgently join his brother at the Rainbow Bridge. The stress of the death of a life long mate can sadly destabilise already frail piggies. :(

You were there for him throughout the long and lonely night hours with your love so he didn't have to make the journey all on his own as his body was closing down; he could leave carried by the wings of your love. A natural death is much more physical than you would expect.
Even if you had been seen by a vet promptly they would not have been able to reverse the process. It sounds like something neurological had gone wrong in his head that kicked off the process; it can sometimes happen like that. Once the body has started the dying process it cannot be stopped. :(

My own 5 years old Cai passed away last October after being suddenly very disorientated and wobbly on his legs and no longer able to walk straight by the time I came to put the piggies to bed; he'd still been totally fine at dinner time. He died in the small hours of the night in a cosy in my arms as he could no longer control his movements and kept sliding to the side or jerking forward in a dash.

If you feel the need to make more sense of the last hours as you are left devastated by a second loss in a matter of days, then you may find this link here helpful. It doesn't make for the easiest of readings but it may help to ease your mind you find yourself struggling. A sudden unexpected death can really whack you, even more so if it is your first experience with one.
A Practical and Sensitive Guide to Dying, Terminal Illness and Euthanasia in Guinea Pigs

Please try to picture your boys together at the Bridge in the prime of their lives and try mourn them as a pair that that didn't want to be separated. This will hopefully give you a bit more comfort and make your grieving process easier. It has helped me in comparable situations. The pain of the two losses is greater for you to cope with but it was also ultimately kinder for Spud who was missing his mate. And would we not rather choose to bear the extra pain for someone we love to ease their own if we had the choice?
 
Oh no I'm so so sorry! 😢
Poor little mite, his friend needed him over the Rainbow Bridge.
We don't want them to leave us of course, but when they do this has to be the best way for them, snuggled up with the person they love.
RIP Spud 🌈❤️
 
I am sorry for your sad loss. He would have felt so loved and cherished as you held him with you for his final hours. You gave him the best.
Live free with your friends at the bridge little one 🌈
 
Sweet Potato said:
I went to give spud his nightly veg and he was stumbling around the cage hair puffed up and he was all over the place struggling to stay on his feet. I've picked him up and he's weak and frail. He lost his brother and lifelong friend on Friday and has been OK a little lost but eating, pooping moving about normaly. The overnight vet fobbed us off on the phone saying it sounds like an ear infection and saying we should bring him in in the morning but I'm scared he won't make it through the night. He's cosied up in a blanket on my lap but he's just getting weaker I don't have any critical care or anything and I don't know what I can do.
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Hi

Same happened to my guinea pig bobby who lost his friend charlie weeks before…
He passed away soon after…
Worst one was charlie who had a heart attack and died within a couple of hours and before that he was fine…
 
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