Me and my family got a guinea pig 2 months ago, and we bought another one a few days later so it wouldnt be lonely. The one we got first was from a friends friend who werent going to be able to keep her anymore, and they said the guinea pig was 1 year old but they also got it from someone else (who said it was a year old) so we dont have confirmation on its age, but it seemed older than 1, possible 2 or 3. The guinea pig we got from the store was a baby girl and they both got along very well, their name is Snowball. 1 month ago we started noticing problems so we took it to the vet and they found a tooth infection (who knows how long thats gone untreated) and a memory gland (we got medicine for it) but the tooth infection required 1k+ which my family doesnt have so we tried numerous things, trying to find a cheaper place, buying critical care, feeding her with a syringe, ect and things only worsened. The cage we got her in was very small and she was very skinny, like almost no meat on her back. We fed her plenty and made a very large cage, but even doing this didnt make any of us feel better because we know what she went through, I'm only 13 so theres nothing I can do and my aunt wont sue for animal cruelty, if she did we might possible had enough money for the surgeries. 1 Week ago she refused to eat and drink, rarely we would find her nibbling on pellets but it took her a couple of minutes to finish one. She wouldnt poop or pee and she had what we assumed to be a stroke but we didnt have transportation so we couldnt take her to the vet, it stopped shortly but after she kept running to us and on the table (who normally would only step on the blanket we put under her) and she just seemed weird, not like herself and it scared all of us, it stopped shortly but we were terrified, 4 days ago she started pooping again but like 1 little pebble every few hours, the poop was also very mushy, we knew there was nothing we could do sadly and she was going to pass soon, but we decided we would take to another vet on the 7th, but on the 6th she passed at around 10:15 PM. What disturbed me about this was it seemed like she was finally getting better so it was so sad to see her pass, and what was even more disturbing was how she passed. She looked like she was in so much pain, just flinging herself around in her cage and I went to pet her to try to calm her down but she was extremely flat laying on her side, with her front paws just clawing, my brother who didn't get to attached was asked to bury it in the woods near my house, I just hope she wasn't in too much pain. I want to know if that's how they're suppose to die or was she just having a stroke and did we bury her alive, thinking about it terrifies me and I keep asking my aunt but she says that she's dead. I read a couple other posts and it said you should hold them so they pass comfortable but I nor anyone in my family could do it, so I just pet her saying its going to be alright. When we put her in the box her front paws were still pawing but she was out of it, her eyes weren't moving and she was extremely flat, and I pet her a little bit more. Me and my family cried for the past 2 days nonstop, Snowball seems alright but I feel bad, when we got her the store person said that her best friend died a month or 2 ago so this already happened but in the short time Brownie and Snowball were together they got very close, they cuddled and slept together all the time, I think Snowball knew Brownie was dying because she wasn't fighting with her over food at all, like she use to (we did make sure they both got equal amounts though). I just hope that 1)Brownie is in a better place and didn't suffer during her final moments, and 2)Snowball doesn't feel abandoned (we do plan on getting another guinea pig for her shortly, we just don't want to feel like we're replacing Brownie). Ily Brownie, I hope you enjoy yourself in Piggy Heaven