LunarAndCosmos
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Hello all,
My guinea pig, Ophelia, died last night very suddenly. My mother went out to check on all three of them and found Ophelia lying still and struggling to breathe, or to even hold her head up.
She was very very ill, and upon holding her I knew she probably wouldn't make it. She died in my hands less than halfway to the vets.
I've had a guinea pig die before, 2 ½ ago. Her name was Lunar. Both her death and Ophelia's were at a relatively young age of about 3 ½ years old.
We originally got Lunar with her sister Cosmos, who is still alive today and apparently has 9 lives as she has faced a lot in her lifetime. She's on her way to be 6 years old next month, blessed thing. Ophelia also had a sister named Venus, who is also still alive and is keeping Cosmos company.
My guinea pigs are very important to me; we got them just before I turned 13, I am 18 now. Our reason for rescuing them was because of my autism, they were originally meant to be therapy pets and were not meant to be a responsibility of mine. I obviously took on the responsibility of looking after them and got better at it year on year.
Ophelia died very suddenly. Yesterday morning, I went out to give them food and Cosmos and Venus were acting normally, as was Ophelia, or so she appeared. She was sat up fine and looked generally okay, so I thought nothing of her being poorly at all and went to sixth form as normal.
It's thought that she might have had a stroke or a heart attack, which guinea pigs can apparently get for simply no reason at any age. She was also overweight through no fault of ours, as we fed her healthily just like the other two; she just didn't run around as much.
I'm just feeling a bit weird about her death. Lunar also died suddenly, but less so as she got ill beforehand, and died a couple weeks or so later. I feel less sad about Ophelia than I did about Lunar. I cried for about a week when Lunar passed. Ophelia has just left me feeling a little empty and strange.
My guinea pigs are very important to me, but I can't help but think I should've cried more at Ophelia's death, especially considering she died in my hands on the way to get her help.
Can anybody tell me why I feel this way? Does anybody have any advice on how to help how I feel?
My guinea pig, Ophelia, died last night very suddenly. My mother went out to check on all three of them and found Ophelia lying still and struggling to breathe, or to even hold her head up.
She was very very ill, and upon holding her I knew she probably wouldn't make it. She died in my hands less than halfway to the vets.
I've had a guinea pig die before, 2 ½ ago. Her name was Lunar. Both her death and Ophelia's were at a relatively young age of about 3 ½ years old.
We originally got Lunar with her sister Cosmos, who is still alive today and apparently has 9 lives as she has faced a lot in her lifetime. She's on her way to be 6 years old next month, blessed thing. Ophelia also had a sister named Venus, who is also still alive and is keeping Cosmos company.
My guinea pigs are very important to me; we got them just before I turned 13, I am 18 now. Our reason for rescuing them was because of my autism, they were originally meant to be therapy pets and were not meant to be a responsibility of mine. I obviously took on the responsibility of looking after them and got better at it year on year.
Ophelia died very suddenly. Yesterday morning, I went out to give them food and Cosmos and Venus were acting normally, as was Ophelia, or so she appeared. She was sat up fine and looked generally okay, so I thought nothing of her being poorly at all and went to sixth form as normal.
It's thought that she might have had a stroke or a heart attack, which guinea pigs can apparently get for simply no reason at any age. She was also overweight through no fault of ours, as we fed her healthily just like the other two; she just didn't run around as much.
I'm just feeling a bit weird about her death. Lunar also died suddenly, but less so as she got ill beforehand, and died a couple weeks or so later. I feel less sad about Ophelia than I did about Lunar. I cried for about a week when Lunar passed. Ophelia has just left me feeling a little empty and strange.
My guinea pigs are very important to me, but I can't help but think I should've cried more at Ophelia's death, especially considering she died in my hands on the way to get her help.
Can anybody tell me why I feel this way? Does anybody have any advice on how to help how I feel?
