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Very poorly piggie with URI

Thank you guys, your support means a lot... It's so strange walking into the room that just 5 years ago had 13 piggies in it, now there's only 1 little wheeker there to greet me. I feel so bad for Delilah, but she has lived alone for a few months now and has been fine, she didn't live with Dolly, they were singletons living side by side, tried bonding but it failed dramatically. They didn't really care about each other, I expected them to be chewing the bars to get at each other the whole time, but they never paid any attention.

I've just removed the divider, cleaned the cage and now she has a huge 6x2 all to herself. She's not sure what to think, she's 7 years 3 months old with heart disease, thyroid cancer and severe arthritis, on meds for a URI too atm, so I doubt she will be running laps and using all the space, but she'll live like a true Queen in her mansion. She's a little worried to come out of her hidey atm though, I think she's one of those piggies where too much room makes her nervous!

I'm just so sad, I've done nothing but look after and nurse many sick piggies for so many years (had 20+ pigs constantly throughout my life from age 8, never been without at least 1 piggie, I'm 27 now) and it's all I know. To just have one left who likely doesn't have much longer left herself feels like the end of an era, I'm not sure what I'll do next. I would like more piggies, ALOT more, but I live with others that suffer lung issues and struggle with the hay, so I'm forced to give up my passion.

Sorry to be so depressing, but I'm autistic too and these little floofs have given me so much happiness for so long, they're a special interest of mine too, I just love everything about them and connect with them so well. I feel like they understand me and I them, they're more than just pets. I've been on this forum so long that I don't know what I'll do without having my own piggies to talk about lol! You've all always helped me so much through tough times.

Lots of cuddles and parsley for Delilah now, hopefully I can get a few more happy months with her❤
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Bill & Ted said:
So sorry but spoil Delilah rotten and don’t completely rule out more piggies in the future, they mean too much to you to give them up completely x
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Yeah I really do want more, I wish I could just go and get a couple to cheer me and Delilah up, but I can't. I keep trying to get them to agree, as they love the piggies too, it's just the lung issues and hay-fever they don't like about them. I'm asthmatic with hay-fever too but it doesn't stop me from wanting and loving piggies.

There are so many needing a home and I have the space, experience, time and love to keep them, there's a whole 6x2 cage underneath Delilahs that could house a few more in need, I also just got a huge 22kg box of hay delivered, Delilah better eat it all haha, so it feels like a waste not having more, you know? I wouldn't rule them out forever though, I imagine myself as an old lady, surrounded by them in the future, like a crazy cat lady, but I'd be the crazy piggie lady! 😂 Maybe I can change their mind, we'll see...

Delilah seems happy though, she's a tough ol cookie and getting better on her meds, she's almost back up to 1000g so I have that to be happy about at least. Miss my little Dolly so much, she was such a character, so funny and sweet, I really thought she'd outlive Delilah, she was younger, had no underlying issues and was a big healthy hefty girl, such a shock😣
 
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