Pip seeming off after bereavement

[PipandOreo]

Hi, I wasn’t sure which category to post this on as she is recently bereaved.
Pip is almost 6 years old and lost her sister about 6 weeks ago, they were together since babies however never seemed super close as Pip likes her own space. When her sister (Oreo) passed I was planning on getting her a friend however as I still live with my parents they get the final say and aren’t keen on having anymore in their house. I personally think she needs another friend and because she’s deaf she benefits from having a friend to tell her when her veg is getting chopped so she can wheak!

Since Oreo passed away Pip was doing really well, eating drinking and acting completely normal however in the past week or so she has just seemed a little off. She‘s interested in her veg but doesn’t finish it all and she doesn‘t get excited for her pellets. She also seems out of her normal habits/routine, like as soon as she would finish her veg she would run straight to her pellet bowl and wheak but she hasn’t done that this past week. I’ve just weighed her and she hasn’t lost any weight. I’m not super worried about her at the moment as she’s still eating but if this progresses I will take her to the vet.

I was just wondering if anyone has experienced this or has any advice. Thank you

 

[Wiebke]

Hi, I wasn’t sure which category to post this on as she is recently bereaved.
Pip is almost 6 years old and lost her sister about 6 weeks ago, they were together since babies however never seemed super close as Pip likes her own space. When her sister (Oreo) passed I was planning on getting her a friend however as I still live with my parents they get the final say and aren’t keen on having anymore in their house. I personally think she needs another friend and because she’s deaf she benefits from having a friend to tell her when her veg is getting chopped so she can wheak!

Since Oreo passed away Pip was doing really well, eating drinking and acting completely normal however in the past week or so she has just seemed a little off. She‘s interested in her veg but doesn’t finish it all and she doesn‘t get excited for her pellets. She also seems out of her normal habits/routine, like as soon as she would finish her veg she would run straight to her pellet bowl and wheak but she hasn’t done that this past week. I’ve just weighed her and she hasn’t lost any weight. I’m not super worried about her at the moment as she’s still eating but if this progresses I will take her to the vet.

I was just wondering if anyone has experienced this or has any advice. Thank you

Hi!

If you can, please contact Tees Valley Guinea Pig Rescue in Middlesbrough or Palace Piggies in the wider Hull area. Both rescues are on our list of recommended vetted good welfare standard rescues that offer rescue dating to allow a bereaved companion to have a say who they want to live with. Sows can be dated with other sows or neutered boars.
I would also recommend that you have Oreo vet checked to make sure that it is just depression and not a health issue. Most good rescues will offer an arrangement with which their adoptee reverts to them after the death of your piggy if you are not planning to continue with guinea pigs in order to provide the crucial ongoing companionship and round the clock stimulation that guinea pigs need.

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