Fozzie and my 2 year old.

[VgZ615]

Well here is my problem, I have always had guinea pigs since I was little, and when I saw my daughters love for guinea pigs I looked into adopting one for her. I found a few that we both went and look at together, finally we had decided on the perfect one to get. His name was Fozzie (given by my daughter) and he was about 6 years old. no one knew exactly how old he was, but he needed a good loving home. and we knew that we could give him just that. When he arrived home he found a nice spacious 2 story cage with unlimited hay and food. lots of toys and he was always out and running around. My daughter had fallen in love. and I was so happy to see her being very responsible with him, she wouldnt pick him up without mommy's help and always gave him fresh salad. she always wanted to be with him. Then one day I noticed he wasnt as energitic as he had been and didnt eat up all of his salad. so I brought him to the vet to be checked on. the Vet said he was just older and there wasnt much we could do but to know that because of his age he just wasnt running around much anymore, but that he would be ok. little time passed before he passed away. My daughter was heart broken. she didnt understand why Fozzie had gone to be with the angels in heaven. or why we couldnt have him back. I tried reading books to her like "saying good bye to lulu" but she just wants to hold him and cuddle. Its now been about 4 months and she still talks about him, and about how much she misses him. I was thinking about adopting another guinea pig for her but I definately want to have everything prepared for what maybe a new addition to the family. I dont want her to think they all guniea pigs are going to act exactly like her Fozzie did. they may not all be content with a 2 year old playing with them and wanting to watch Cloifford on the couch for an hour. He had never bitten her. and was a very excellent companion for her. but Im afraid that if we do get another she will expect him/her to have the same temperment and will be dissappointed if they do not.
so does anyone have any advise for me about my still heart broken 2 1/2 year old?

[Amsley246]

That story broke my heart!! I have a 2 year old as well and I understand that it's hard to go through something like that. I has been 4 months, why not try another. Sure it may not be the same, but if you didn't you would always wonder what would happen in the opposite situtation right? In a 2 year olds mind, or at least in my son's mind, the just love animals. They love the cuddling and being responsilbe for helping out. They want a friend. We have 5 piggies and he loves every single one of them, regardless of who he's holding (not that he doesn't care, he just loves all of them so much). Hope this helps and best of luck!