Kelly's Cavies.

Bill & Ted said:
Hope you enjoyed that herbal mix Womble :D
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He always does.... i give him a couple of oats now and again as he's getting older.
He's had a couple of cases of bloat since I put up pics last. Luckily they've been minor. Unfortunately because he's getting a little older this problems will crop up now and again. We think he's 4-5 years old.
 
Kellykels said:
He always does.... i give him a couple of oats now and again as he's getting older.
He's had a couple of cases of bloat since I put up pics last. Luckily they've been minor. Unfortunately because he's getting a little older this problems will crop up now and again. We think he's 4-5 years old.
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They do like to keep us on our toes.
 
Kellykels said:
He always does.... i give him a couple of oats now and again as he's getting older.
He's had a couple of cases of bloat since I put up pics last. Luckily they've been minor. Unfortunately because he's getting a little older this problems will crop up now and again. We think he's 4-5 years old.
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Aw, I love Womble, he’s such a character 😍
 
Sorry Womble has been a bit up and down.
It can take time for piggies to get over a loss.
Priscilla was very quiet and subdued for several months after Jemimah died even though she got on with living.
 
The guineas have been cleaned out but you wouldn't know it with Womble!
 

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Merab's Slave said:
Sorry Womble has been a bit up and down.
It can take time for piggies to get over a loss.
Priscilla was very quiet and subdued for several months after Jemimah died even though she got on with living.
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I suppose humans would be the same
 
This took me nearly a month to be able to do this.
I tried to do it just after it happened, but couldn't.
Unfortunately Womble passed on 30th December 2021 and it completely broke my heart.
and Pinto has a genetic illness that is terminal i.e. we keep her comfortable and there's not much else we can do. She might last weeks or months.
They think she has bladder cancer.

It has been such a hard year.
I miss my boy, he had a respiratory infection that reoccurred throughout the year and we managed to get him better.
In the end he went down hill out of nowhere and we lost him after on the 2nd day. He never lost any weight. He never wheezed or coughed.
He just went weak, bloated up all of a sudden and could barely fight and we did the best we could, paid hundreds of pounds.
He died in his vet's arms after having a seizure. They took him out of the room to give him fluids and he passed, they tried perform CPR but they could not get him back.

It broke me. It broke my husband. I miss my boy.
We're lost without our boss.
All I can say with certainty was that our life was better with him in it.
He was the light of our life and every moment we spent together of his nearly five years on this earth was time well spent.
He was our best and most favourite boy and he will always have a special place in our hearts.

Pootle around free my love x
 

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We have got new pigs for when what happens to Pinto happens but I still kind of haven't accepted it as she seems fine, bright and cheery, eating and drinking, still pootling, she just has this horrible mass in her bladder. I want to announce the new pigs but when I'm feeling like I can. I love the new pigs, but I wasn't ready and I was thinking more of Truffle when we got them.
 
Viennese Furbabies said:
I'm very sorry for your loss!
Sleep tight, sweet Womble. 🌈💔

And I hope you will still have many happy days, weeks or months with Pinto. ❤️
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She's a beautiful girl, a little ray of sunshine. She is young so when the vet told us it seemed really unfair, but now we're focusing on keeping her happy and giving her the best quality of life we can for however long she has. Thank you so much for your kind wishes.
 
Kellykels said:
She's a beautiful girl, a little ray of sunshine. She is young so when the vet told us it seemed really unfair, but now we're focusing on keeping her happy and giving her the best quality of life we can for however long she has. Thank you so much for your kind wishes.
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It's always hard when they are young when they are getting sick. But as long as she has good quality of life, cherish every day. I'm sure, she will do the same. 💞
 
So sorry to hear about Womble - such a lovely little chap, I followed his story and his photos always made me smile😍
That's so sad and a double blow for you with Pinto as well- enjoy the time you have with her as she is being around you, living the best piggy life that she can😊
 
Oh, so sorry to hear about Womble. Some piggies leave a huge hole in your heart when they leave you. All piggies leave a mark, but some seem to leave a greater imprint. Take your time to grieve his passing x
 
I’m so sorry you lost Womble. I am sure that he was happy till the end and felt envelopes in your love. I hope with time you can look on the memories with joy rather than sadness.
 
Siikibam said:
I’m so sorry you lost Womble. I am sure that he was happy till the end and felt envelopes in your love. I hope with time you can look on the memories with joy rather than sadness.
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Thank you. We felt so grateful to have him in our life. I always smile when I think of his cheeky exploits.
 
Betsy said:
Womble was a lovely boy and I used to enjoy reading all about him. So sorry for your loss.
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Thank you, he had been up and down last year and I thought we had got through the worst, however it just caught us so off guard. I know we did everything we could. It was his time, and it was always going to be hard to lose him. We are grateful he was in our life.
 
VickiA said:
Oh, so sorry to hear about Womble. Some piggies leave a huge hole in your heart when they leave you. All piggies leave a mark, but some seem to leave a greater imprint. Take your time to grieve his passing x
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It's true. We always knew Womble would be the biggest blow and true to our beliefs, he very much was. We will always, always love him.
 
LollyJJ said:
So sorry to hear about Womble - such a lovely little chap, I followed his story and his photos always made me smile😍
That's so sad and a double blow for you with Pinto as well- enjoy the time you have with her as she is being around you, living the best piggy life that she can😊
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Thank you so much for your support.
 
Thank you all for your kind words. I really appreciate it. I will try to update with the new piggies and come back on. I was just finding it hard with all of Womble's illnesses. I have been lurking but not posting. I thought at any minute we'd lose him but it turned out we lost him when it was most unexpected.

I hope everyone has had a good new year. Keep safe and well.
Our new guineas are girls.
One's an orange and white. short haired called Zinnia (We call her Zinny for short or Zinny the guinea for fun)
One's a Tri-coloured long haired called Holly.
They are two years old and are being quarantined from Pinto and Truffle at the moment.
We have only had them since Saturday, they are still quite skittish but getting bolder.
 
I’m so so sorry to hear you lost Womble, sending you and your hubby big hugs, he was an adorable little man. Womble knew how much he was loved, when you feel sad try to think of all the wonderful times you had with him.

I’m so sorry that little Pinto is poorly, I do hope you have lots of time left with her x

Sleep tight Wimble 🌈
 
Bill & Ted said:
I’m so so sorry to hear you lost Womble, sending you and your hubby big hugs, he was an adorable little man. Womble knew how much he was loved, when you feel sad try to think of all the wonderful times you had with him.

I’m so sorry that little Pinto is poorly, I do hope you have lots of time left with her x

Sleep tight Wimble 🌈
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Thank you so much for your kind words. He was very loved.
I am just going to try and enjoy the time I have left with Pinto Bean.
 
Merab's Slave said:
So sorry for your loss of gorgeous Womble.
Be gentle with yourself as you grieve
Holding you in my heart ♥️
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Thank you so much. I appreciate your kind words. I hope to be able to take the time I had with Womble and think of more ways I can enrich the life of my current guineas and make sure they have a long and happy life like he did.
 
Here are my new 2 year old girls.
Holly - is the Peruvian mixed with something else- not sure?
Zinnia (Zinny) - is a short hair.

The plan is before Pinto passes to introduce them to Truffle.
If all goes well they'll be ok together, if not she'll have someone living near at least.
 

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Kellykels said:
Here are my new 2 year old girls.
Holly - is the Peruvian mixed with something else- not sure?
Zinnia (Zinny) - is a short hair.

The plan is before Pinto passes to introduce them to Truffle.
If all goes well they'll be ok together, if not she'll have someone living near at least.
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Aw yes, make plenty more memories, I hope your bonding goes well, the girlies are gorgeous x
 
Holly is shy but has that floofy attitude Womble did and Zinny is a greedy little so and so. Very food motivated that one, somehow more so than the other guineas I have had which have also been pretty food motivated.🤣
Zinny is the biggest guinea I have had to date at 1.46kg. Holly is 1.2kg and Truffle is 1.1kg. Womble was between 1.1-1.2 in his life time. Unfortunately Pinto is losing weight due to her conditon.😢

All the guineas are eating well though.
 
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