Hello,
I used to post here very regularly, and hopefully some of you remember me and my babies, Tutter and Bear. This board changed my babies lives, and albeit that I found this board a little late in their lives, they have since had the best lives a spoiled piggy could possibly have.
Tutter has been seemingly healthy up until last night, still wheeking for a banana when one is opened in another room. But I happened to stay up late last night, and out of nowhere about midnight, Tutter collapsed to the ground, and layed there squeaking as though in severe pain. I put my hand in to stroke him, and he didn't even move. I knew something was very, very wrong. I tried putting some veggies in the cage to see if he would try and get up.... still didn't even flinch. Well, within 10 minutes of the start of his episode, he was gone. Left this earth to go over the Rainbow Bridge about 12:10 a.m. this morning. I wrapped him in fleece and held him for what seemed like all night, bawling my eyes out. Then eventually I realized I had to let him go; so I put him in a container, and I buried him today, under the shade of the tree I put their pin under when I went outside with them on a couple of nice afternoons.
A few of you may remember this pic of my Tutter:
That was Tutter's royal chair. Bear never sat in it. But this morning, I woke to find Bear sitting in this chair, wheeking at me to give him his brother back.
And as for the two lettuce leaves I put in their cage last night to try and wake Tutter.... well, Bear ate one, and pulled the other leaf into their wooden hidey house, to save for Tutter when he came back. It was still there this morning, with Bear in Tutter's chair, waiting and worried for his brother. So I decided Bear might need closure, too. So this morning, I took Tutter's body, and layed it in the cage. Bear went all around him, sniffing and sniffing, groomed him a bit, and then..... he went and got the lettuce leaf he saved, pulled it out of the hidey house, and began to eat it as he stood by Tutter. It was like he understood, and it made me bawl again. I am fighting off crying again right now as I relive it.
I am very thankful that Tutter went so quickly, and wasn't in pain or uncomfortable for long.
I will sure miss you, my sweet boy.
