Storm1974
Junior Guinea Pig
Ever since we lost our two young piggies within six months of each other, I can't stop worrying about my current three boys and am constantly checking on them to make sure they're ok. 
Every morning I get up and shine a torch straight into their cage to make sure they look ok and just now Rusty wasn't eating hay with the other two (Bramble's in a cage right next door), so I immediately got worried and went to get him out of the cage to check on him. Luckily he was fine and as soon as I put their morning pellets in, he went straight to the bowl and is now sitting eating them with his brother. He also ate his veggies just a while before so it's obvious he was ok!
It's quite stressful for me because I'm so terrified after losing the last two (both were 'fine' the evening before, but were in a bad way when I found them in the morning, and then each one died within a couple of days -Bracken was only 6 months old and Herbert was around 15 months old, but we'd had them both for only 6 months before they died) about finding either of the three we have now suddenly ill and with nothing that can be done to help them.
We've only had Rusty and Leo (both around 18 months old) three weeks, but I'm already panicking all the time about them, they are so close as well so it's going to be even worse when one of them dies. Bramble is also our first baby and we love him to bits. I know they're going to die some day, but just hope it's not so soon again, don't think I could take it.
Of course my other half loves them too and worries but doesn't get as paranoid about them as much as I do. We're trying everything possible that we can to keep them healthy and warm at night. I cover their cage with so much, because when Bracken and Herbert got ill (although they both obviously were ill, before they went downhill, but we didn't realise), both nights were quite cold, so I'm extra careful now to cover them really well during colder nights.
Just finding it a bit much with all the worrying about them constantly.
I'm sat here in tears actually, don't think I've got over the grief of losing both boys so soon within each other, yet.
Every morning I get up and shine a torch straight into their cage to make sure they look ok and just now Rusty wasn't eating hay with the other two (Bramble's in a cage right next door), so I immediately got worried and went to get him out of the cage to check on him. Luckily he was fine and as soon as I put their morning pellets in, he went straight to the bowl and is now sitting eating them with his brother. He also ate his veggies just a while before so it's obvious he was ok!
It's quite stressful for me because I'm so terrified after losing the last two (both were 'fine' the evening before, but were in a bad way when I found them in the morning, and then each one died within a couple of days -Bracken was only 6 months old and Herbert was around 15 months old, but we'd had them both for only 6 months before they died) about finding either of the three we have now suddenly ill and with nothing that can be done to help them.
We've only had Rusty and Leo (both around 18 months old) three weeks, but I'm already panicking all the time about them, they are so close as well so it's going to be even worse when one of them dies. Bramble is also our first baby and we love him to bits. I know they're going to die some day, but just hope it's not so soon again, don't think I could take it.
Of course my other half loves them too and worries but doesn't get as paranoid about them as much as I do. We're trying everything possible that we can to keep them healthy and warm at night. I cover their cage with so much, because when Bracken and Herbert got ill (although they both obviously were ill, before they went downhill, but we didn't realise), both nights were quite cold, so I'm extra careful now to cover them really well during colder nights.
Just finding it a bit much with all the worrying about them constantly.
I'm sat here in tears actually, don't think I've got over the grief of losing both boys so soon within each other, yet.
Anyway, we won't be getting pigs from a breeder again not when there's so many in rescue, and especially as you can't guarantee health and longevity regardless. 
