gibby259
New Born Pup
Hello, my guinea pig named checkers passed away on Wednesday and I'm devastated. Her cage mate Gibby got her chances to say goodbye as I found checkers after I got home from school. Not sure how she passed and I was completely shocked when I noticed. They were both about 5 years old and Ive had them for 3. Gibby is drinking water, eating tons of hay, and eats any fruit or veggie I give her tho i don't think she likes her pellets anymore cus she only eats the other things in her food. She comes out for floor time still and is running around as I type this. I'm not considering getting another guinea pig since she is sort of old and don't want to enter a cycle. Of course if she stopped eating and drinking I would but as of now she's ok and even when I found checkers Gibby was actively digging through the food bowl and came out for floor time when I cleaned it after finding checkers. I was wondering if she would continue to be okay or if it is a necessity that I get another one? I've been spending WAY more time with her & she's out of her cage most of the time I'm in my room. Tho she does tend to just sit still a lot and I'm not sure if this is because of her age and she needs more rest and she tended to do that even when checkers was present so I'm not sure? I'm so grateful for all feedback as I've been in kind of a panic! Ive just been worried about my gibby. Thank you!