Guinea_Gal
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Cavy Slave
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Hi everyone
I want to dedicate this thread to a wonderful guinea pig named Ariel. I adopted her in 2004 from Have A Heart GP Rescue in NJ along with her two daughter (from two different litters). All three girls are texels and came from a breeder originally. Poor Ariel had over 13 babies and was over 4 years old when I adopted her. I knew when I adopted her that with everything her little body went through, she may not live long, but to my surprise she was a very strong piggy! About a year ago, we learned from the vet that she had a tumor in her bladder and "she may not live more than a month or two". With medication, vitamin C, ointments, and weekly butt soakings, she lived happily, although she was losing weight.
Last month, her health really began to go downwards. She still was a ferocious eater, but moved around less frequently and started to have a very pungent odor. In the last week, it hurt me so much to watch her and I knew she was done fighting, so I called the vet to make an appointment to put her down. In the days before we went, it pained me to watch her as the smell grew worse, and she became more and more languid.
After just having to put down my first rescue pig last week, it made euthanizing Ariel even harder.
She has such a sweet personality and was the only piggy who would let me pat her inside the cage. It is so hard watching her daughters without her. They are not sure where she is and have not moved much since Ariel left on Tuesday.
Grace Spring
I want to dedicate this thread to a wonderful guinea pig named Ariel. I adopted her in 2004 from Have A Heart GP Rescue in NJ along with her two daughter (from two different litters). All three girls are texels and came from a breeder originally. Poor Ariel had over 13 babies and was over 4 years old when I adopted her. I knew when I adopted her that with everything her little body went through, she may not live long, but to my surprise she was a very strong piggy! About a year ago, we learned from the vet that she had a tumor in her bladder and "she may not live more than a month or two". With medication, vitamin C, ointments, and weekly butt soakings, she lived happily, although she was losing weight.
Last month, her health really began to go downwards. She still was a ferocious eater, but moved around less frequently and started to have a very pungent odor. In the last week, it hurt me so much to watch her and I knew she was done fighting, so I called the vet to make an appointment to put her down. In the days before we went, it pained me to watch her as the smell grew worse, and she became more and more languid.
After just having to put down my first rescue pig last week, it made euthanizing Ariel even harder.
She has such a sweet personality and was the only piggy who would let me pat her inside the cage. It is so hard watching her daughters without her. They are not sure where she is and have not moved much since Ariel left on Tuesday.
Grace Spring