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I know this is a rabbit forum, but I just lost my little guinea pig Ella
We lost our other guinea pig in September, and Ella never really seemed to get over it. She’s been losing weight ever since, and despite numerous vet visits and tonnes of Critical Care and lots of love she just didn’t pull through.
Yesterday she seemed great, she was happy to eat and she was running around and excited…. but today when I went to feed her she wouldn’t take any food and was hardly moving and she was drooling all over the place. I knew it was bad news so I called my hubby and said I think Ella is dying. I took her into the vet and our wonderful amazing vet said that the best (most humane) thing to do at this point would be to let her go. My hubby wanted to say goodbye so he came from work right away. He sat there crying and held her, and I cried and held him since I’d already spent time with her. Then Dr. Sam took her to put her to sleep, he said he didn’t think she would have lived more than a few more hours on her own anyway. She crossed the rainbow bridge at 3:40pm today.
Ella was a wonderful piggie. We got her in March of 2005, and she was already 2 years old at that point. Her partner Ally was also a wonderful piggie, who unfortunatley was paralyzed from the waist down. Ella always tried to take great care of Ally, they were a wonderful pair.
Goodbye princess Ella, I miss you already.
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Thank you so much guys. It means alot to me to be able to share with people that understand what it is to love a small animal. I know alot of our “non-animal” having friends have said things in the past like “oh it was just a guinea pig” or “just a bunny”. I hate that so much. Small animals have just as much to give as big animals.
I forgot about the heavy feeling I would have waking up today. Meh
Then I just came out into the living room and her pen is there with no piggie in it and for a second I glanced to see what she was doing I don’t know what to do about her pen. It still needs to be cleaned, it still has her food and water and hay in it. We have a friend coming over tonight, and I feel like I should clean it up before he gets here, but I don’t know if I have the hear to do it.
Plus now I’m left with the dilemma of what to do with the pen period. We had said before that after Ella passed we would take a bit of a break from guinea pigs, and maybe reclaim that part of our living room. But now I don’t know. I kind of have the mindset of there are so many animals out there that need help and need homes, and if I don’t take in a couple more knowing that I have a great set-up for them here then I will feel very guilty. It’s really not that much more of an expense since we already buy hay and veggies for the buns. Plus we line the guinea pig pen with towels/blankets/fleece so there is no expense for cage lining materials.
I don’t know. My heads a mess. I probably shouldn’t be thinking about all of this right now.
One good thing I can say about today is that it’s the first day of spring. I hate winter here, I only like it at Christmas then I get tired of the cold and snow pretty fast, so at least something positive is changing.
Thanks again guys.
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Thanks again everyone.
Becka, you’re probably right (again lol). I think if I do what you said and put the buns in Alistairs room for bonding then I can focus on renovating the living room, and maybe that will help get my mind off the empty piggie space. Then once we’re done the renos maybe I’ll see how I feel about getting some more piggers.
BinkyBunny, Thanks so much for your kind words, and yes, popcorning is the piggie equivalent of a binky
I’m also so sorry for your loss 
I’ve never lost a bun yet, so I can’t imagine how difficult that must be for you.
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