Cativision
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Cavy Slave
- Joined
- Aug 23, 2015
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- Joined
- Aug 23, 2015
- Messages
- 86
I lost my dear Alaska unexpectedly February 2. I went to feed the girls and found Alaska weak, lethargic and she was cold to the touch. Her waste was stuck to her fur, so it was obvious she was not grooming herself. She smelled awful, and she clearly had not eaten. I wrapped her up in a blanket, kept a warm water bottle by her side and cleaned her up, when she started gasping. It was 3 in the morning, and it was clear that she was leaving me. I held her in my arms stroking her, telling her it was okay to let go, and she finally took her last breath at 2:52 in the morning. She was around 6 years old, so she was up there in age, but she just left so unexpectedly and so suddenly. Just the other night she was fine, she was eating and drinking and grooming herself, which meant sometime during the day she had just...crashed. And since she passed, for some reason her passing just hit me so dang hard.
I've just been so sad lately. I can't bring myself to clean the cage, because it will just remind me that she's gone, but it really has to be cleaned as her cage mate Saige is still living there. I just feel so bad for Saige as Alaska had been her buddy nearly her entire life. I got Saige 2/6/15 and she was a lone piggy until I got Alaska 12/4/15, and they had lived with each other since then. For the first time in years, Saige is alone again. I'm not getting another guinea pig. After both she and Patrick pass away, they will be my last piggies. Let's just say that guinea pigs aren't the right pets for me personally. Thing is I have another guinea pig, the previously mentioned Patrick, but he is male and has to be neutered for them to live together. I've been saving up the money for months now, I am up to $156 of $350. Before Alaska passed it felt like I was finally getting there, that he'd finally live with the girls and have friends, but now that Alaska has gone, it feels like it'll take years for me to get him neutered. I want both Saige and Patrick to live together, I want them to have some company, but it feels like that will never happen.
I can't even bury Alaska, which adds insult to injury. The ground has been frozen for days now, and I really would like to bury her, just to have some peace. But I can't even do that, and it really hurts. I'm so lost and upset, it's a negative experience for both the remaining piggies and I. Any help at all is appreciated.
I've just been so sad lately. I can't bring myself to clean the cage, because it will just remind me that she's gone, but it really has to be cleaned as her cage mate Saige is still living there. I just feel so bad for Saige as Alaska had been her buddy nearly her entire life. I got Saige 2/6/15 and she was a lone piggy until I got Alaska 12/4/15, and they had lived with each other since then. For the first time in years, Saige is alone again. I'm not getting another guinea pig. After both she and Patrick pass away, they will be my last piggies. Let's just say that guinea pigs aren't the right pets for me personally. Thing is I have another guinea pig, the previously mentioned Patrick, but he is male and has to be neutered for them to live together. I've been saving up the money for months now, I am up to $156 of $350. Before Alaska passed it felt like I was finally getting there, that he'd finally live with the girls and have friends, but now that Alaska has gone, it feels like it'll take years for me to get him neutered. I want both Saige and Patrick to live together, I want them to have some company, but it feels like that will never happen.
I can't even bury Alaska, which adds insult to injury. The ground has been frozen for days now, and I really would like to bury her, just to have some peace. But I can't even do that, and it really hurts. I'm so lost and upset, it's a negative experience for both the remaining piggies and I. Any help at all is appreciated.