My sweet Mochi passed on Monday. On Friday she had an emergency spay and bladder stone removal, both due to a tumor in her uterus. The surgery was successful, but she was too weak to recover. It's been hard for me, as she was my first guinea pig along with her sister, Bean. My heart feels empty. I think it just hit my Bean today. She left half of her veggies and keeps sulking around the cage, sniffing for her sister. I feel awful for thinking about getting a new cagemate for her because Mochi's place in my heart can't be filled. My whole family is really feeling this loss. Our house feels so much more quiet without her morning wheeks for cilantro, and her excited beeps when we're cooking and she hears vegetables being chopped. I dont know how long it will be before I can open up my heart for a new baby, but I know I have to do it for my Bean. I'm so sad.