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One of my newest piggies, Oreo who I have had for about a week now passed away earlier today, he was almost 2 years old. I didn't notice any signs or symptoms of him being sick until about 1 am yesterday and when I called the emergency vet that I had there was no answer so had to wait till they opened this morning and so I did not get any sleep last night nor today and I am worried about my other 4 remaning piggies in case Oreo had something that could be passed to them.

Oreo was not eating or drinking and breathing very hard and sounded weird. My hubby and I thought he possibly had phnemonia but how can that just show up with in a few hours with no signs of anything not to mention but the vet had given him a clean bill of health less than a week previous to this. He was fine yesterday morning eating drinking and running around the cage just fine. I am stund that this happened so quickly. I was up all night last night with Oreo trying t fed him and get him to drink his water. He kept turning his head away from food and would only tape a couple od drops of water every few minutes. I called the vet early this morning as soon as they opened and on the way to the vets Oreo died. We had a little funneral here at home for him. I think I did everything that I could for him to no avail.

I keep wondering if his death probably had to do with the care he recieved previous to me getting him since he was kept in a 50 gl aquarium on CEDAR bedding and was fed pellets with seeds and only given a little timothy hay per day and little to no veggies. I put him in a C&C cage with fleece and gave him veggies twice a day to start with plus unlimited hay and pellets. I am going to be keeping a very close eye on my other 4 babies and hope and pray none of them get sick.

Thank you for reading this and hopefully no one will ever use Cedar bedding for any pets period it is not good.

After 2 days of Oreo being fed fresh veggies he did get a little diarhia that cleared up quickly do to the change in his diet but odly Ceilli did not have any effects from the change in her diet. Ceilli and Oreo came from the same person.

Oreo will be missed ever so dearly. I still can't help thinking that I must have missed a sign some where.