Emx93
Forum Donator 2023/24
We first met you in rescue when you had a date with our fear aggressive socially awkward fluffy! It was the first time fluffy had shown any sort of hope that she could get along with another piggy when she groomed herself when first put into the bonding pen. It turns out you too had been rather choosy for who you live with and had your own string of unsuccessful dates. The meeting wasn't a complete disaster but was rained off and it was suggested a slow bond might work for you two. I knew I couldn't leave fluffy for potentially weeks when she still wasn't 100% from her spay so a couple of days later after fitting a divide in the cage we came to pick you up 
I had honestly never seen fluffy so happy with you as a neighbour, it was like you'd taught her how to guinea pig again and I started to feel cautiously optimistic for you two I wanted this to work so much not just for fluffy but for you too, every pig deserves a friend and how perfect would it be for two socially awkward pigs to become friends? I did the bonding a day earlier than planned as you'd been a little poorly and I figured you needed a friend more than ever! The bonding was a dream, next to no dominance behaviour you were snuggled into each other sleeping 5 minutes in! I was so proud of both of you. I kept my fingers crossed for the first couple of weeks, not daring to take one of you out for cuddles for a few days but I needn't have worried for you grew the strongest piggy bond I'd ever seen. We all fell in love with you so quickly, you were such a little diva and so funny to watch, you never let your arthritis hold you back
In November I found a tiny smaller than a pea sized lump during weekly health checks, at first I thought it could be an ovarian cyst due to your age, but I got the vet to check it anyway. The vet said to monitor it and book her in if anything changed. A few days later you were acting strange, fluffy was being extremely protective of you and you weren't moving around much. I called the vets and they said to take you straight down. I initially thought it must be your arthritis and maybe you needed extra pain relief but the vet said the lump had grown and we were to bring you back in two days for it to be investigated. A different vet admitted you and said it was likely cystic ovaries you look like a healthy pig to him, he called later to say they'd had to put you under for x rays, it was an abdominal mass and we could either try to operate while you were under anesthetic and stable or wake you up and bring you back if anything changes. I chose to try to operate, you were already stable with the anesthetic and I knew you were a fighter and could handle an operation. The vet called back rather shocked at what he'd found a few moments later, it was a tumour, that had already stuck itself to everything and started to abcess around it, it couldn't be removed
you sailed through op recovery and amazed us every single day, you had such determination and strength, you were the toughest little piggy I'd ever met. There were ups and downs along the way, starting laser therapy for your now progressing arthritis really perked you up and despite the tumour you started to use your back legs 
I'd never felt so proud. We had to add and change pain relief several times along the way but you never stopped fighting despite the speed at which this thing was growing. Starting on tramadol combined with laser therapy to your knees and spine gave us a near perfect month where you honestly could not have told there was anything wrong with you, you had the best quality of life and that is what mattered. Suddenly you started to deteriote very quickly, it was so out of the blue I was convinced you had an infection, you were spending nearly all day sat in a corner, you weren't cleaning yourself and then you stopped eating and drinking and became dehydrated. We got you rehydrated and syringe fed around the clock, you started to eat bits again but you were not yourself. The vets agreed to see you this time and that's when they told us we had to make a quality of life decision for this tumour was now taking up a huge amount of the abdominal cavity leaving not a great deal of room for food, the next growth spurt it had would be devastating and excruciating no matter how much pain relief you were taking. We were out of options, no medications could help you with a tumour causing a physical problem, and I loved you too much to let you die in excruciating pain, so I made the decision to let you go with love instead of pain. It was the hardest decision I ever had to make for you but one I made when you looked into my eyes and I could tell it was too much for you now
You may have been small but you had the biggest personality, a true little diva right to the end! You leave huge pawprints on the hearts of everyone who ever loved you.
Adopted: 03/08/19
Crossed the rainbow
: 20/04/20
I love you
I had honestly never seen fluffy so happy with you as a neighbour, it was like you'd taught her how to guinea pig again and I started to feel cautiously optimistic for you two I wanted this to work so much not just for fluffy but for you too, every pig deserves a friend and how perfect would it be for two socially awkward pigs to become friends? I did the bonding a day earlier than planned as you'd been a little poorly and I figured you needed a friend more than ever! The bonding was a dream, next to no dominance behaviour you were snuggled into each other sleeping 5 minutes in! I was so proud of both of you. I kept my fingers crossed for the first couple of weeks, not daring to take one of you out for cuddles for a few days but I needn't have worried for you grew the strongest piggy bond I'd ever seen. We all fell in love with you so quickly, you were such a little diva and so funny to watch, you never let your arthritis hold you back In November I found a tiny smaller than a pea sized lump during weekly health checks, at first I thought it could be an ovarian cyst due to your age, but I got the vet to check it anyway. The vet said to monitor it and book her in if anything changed. A few days later you were acting strange, fluffy was being extremely protective of you and you weren't moving around much. I called the vets and they said to take you straight down. I initially thought it must be your arthritis and maybe you needed extra pain relief but the vet said the lump had grown and we were to bring you back in two days for it to be investigated. A different vet admitted you and said it was likely cystic ovaries you look like a healthy pig to him, he called later to say they'd had to put you under for x rays, it was an abdominal mass and we could either try to operate while you were under anesthetic and stable or wake you up and bring you back if anything changes. I chose to try to operate, you were already stable with the anesthetic and I knew you were a fighter and could handle an operation. The vet called back rather shocked at what he'd found a few moments later, it was a tumour, that had already stuck itself to everything and started to abcess around it, it couldn't be removed
you sailed through op recovery and amazed us every single day, you had such determination and strength, you were the toughest little piggy I'd ever met. There were ups and downs along the way, starting laser therapy for your now progressing arthritis really perked you up and despite the tumour you started to use your back legs I'd never felt so proud. We had to add and change pain relief several times along the way but you never stopped fighting despite the speed at which this thing was growing. Starting on tramadol combined with laser therapy to your knees and spine gave us a near perfect month where you honestly could not have told there was anything wrong with you, you had the best quality of life and that is what mattered. Suddenly you started to deteriote very quickly, it was so out of the blue I was convinced you had an infection, you were spending nearly all day sat in a corner, you weren't cleaning yourself and then you stopped eating and drinking and became dehydrated. We got you rehydrated and syringe fed around the clock, you started to eat bits again but you were not yourself. The vets agreed to see you this time and that's when they told us we had to make a quality of life decision for this tumour was now taking up a huge amount of the abdominal cavity leaving not a great deal of room for food, the next growth spurt it had would be devastating and excruciating no matter how much pain relief you were taking. We were out of options, no medications could help you with a tumour causing a physical problem, and I loved you too much to let you die in excruciating pain, so I made the decision to let you go with love instead of pain. It was the hardest decision I ever had to make for you but one I made when you looked into my eyes and I could tell it was too much for you now You may have been small but you had the biggest personality, a true little diva right to the end! You leave huge pawprints on the hearts of everyone who ever loved you.
Adopted: 03/08/19
Crossed the rainbow
: 20/04/20I love you
Sleep tight Princess xx
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xx
beautiful princess