We lost Petunia suddenly last night to some sort of neurological distress. Likely a stroke or some such thing. We found her laying limply in her cage unable to move her back legs. Our local emergency vet disgusted us when they refused to even look at her and said if we brought her in all they would do is put her down. We had to drive 2 hours away. The result ended up being the same. She was our first and oldest pet. 6 years old. She was the friendliest and sweetest of all of our guinea pigs. She loved having her chin scratched. She was also the boss piggy in the group so im sure we will see some fighting in the next few days as they sort out the new leader. We are heartbroken.