DH's guinea pig has died

[arsesandoldlace]

It's one of his gp's, he knew it was ill and took it to the vet yesterday. I came back this afternoon and found she'd died.

Do I call him at work or wait till he gets home?

wait

Wait till he gets home

Could you swap it for a similar looking one before he comes home?

This happened to me- I put it in a shoe box filled with sawdust, told kids when they got in from school. Rang DP at work though, I figured he could cope with it, he's a grown man.

Will he be very upset? How many does he have?

Wait and make him a nice tea.

poor piggy.

scurryfunge - quite honestly he would notice the difference! (or I'd be tempted)

Themasterandmargaritas - he will be upset i think, she was his favourite. He has 5 gps now.

Yeah, I will wait till he gets home. I've put her in a box lined with straw. Poor little Dolly.

RIP Dolly.

PS - you didn't feed her avocados did you? We knocked a couple off that way.

Sorry arsesandoldlace, that was my poor attempt at humour...poor guinea pig

You need the Mumsnet Classic Guineau Pig obit poems thread.
Will look for it

Here we are

No, no avocados master, she got a UTI - small furries don't really show illness until it's almost too late, so we only realised on Sunday, vets yesterday, dead today.

No offence taken scurry, I like black humour as much as the next english person!

ooh some excellent poems there - but it's making me too teary I need to woman up and make a brew.

How did he take it? Did you write him a wee poem?