My guinea pig died - how will my other one cope?

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I feel like a horrendous pet owner. My DH fed the pigs this morning when he got up and I fed them this afternoon. When he came home from work he fed them again and I mentioned I had not seen Bertie in the past few hours (and to my eternal shame I joked that maybe he is dead - oh God I am awful). We checked under the pigloo and he had died :( He was just laid there, my DH says he was still warm so we think he had died recently.

He was a bit thinner but he was so happy and chirpy and he was eating and drinking and playing. And now he is dead :(

My 3rd guinea pig died last month as well so we are down from 3 to just 1.

My other guinea pig is roaming around his cage and I feel so sorry for him - how will he cope being alone? Can we do anything to make it easier for him? I don't think we could introduce another one because Milo is older and dominant and he would fight another guinea pig I think.

Urgh, this is horrible :(

i have looked on heaps of websites, and found out lots - if you go to justanswer, you can ask a question, about your pig. i did that, and my whole family was happy! it really works, but i cried the whole day Dec died

i need to find out!! hello some one please answer

remember to take them out reguraly

Yes you could take the piggy back to the rescue I went to but apparently you know pretty much immediately if they are a match or not and they wouldn't let you take one away until they were happy- mine spent half an hour together first.

Hi _ I think from what you have said that Ant will be missing his friend, you will have to make sure he get lots of attention and cuddles etc, ( and food!!! - helps them take their tiny minds of things...) He is probably quite lonely as they are very sociable little things, but you will have to really think about getting him a friend, you could try the rescues to see if they have a singleton male, but there is no guarantee they will get on, and you may have to give it lots of time before they do, in separate hutches, etc, it is quite a lengthy process and you dont want to stress him out any more - it is a tough balance deciding on whether to go for another and see if it works out, or leaving him on his own, maybe bringing him in and making him a house guinea, so he will have lots of fun and not be lonely.

Good luck!

yes but what about his poo and wee? he is going to wee on my carpet and poo so i have to clean up after him! please reply as in need help on that

You might be able to house train him to a degree. They are not like rabbits in this .
Only one of my house guineas as a child would use one area (a wooden tray with newspaper).
All my other GPs will just pooh -n- walk.

My boars will use a newspaper to pee on, but GP1 tends to 'mark' all his areas.

Maybe give him a smallish box with paper, shredded paper, CareFresh, Megazorb, whatever you use.And when he wants to pee, put him back in. He might get the connection (only might)

I know the feeling, my nearly 5 year old female piggy passed away last night :( What's more, she was 3 days away to turning 5 years old! When my piggies have been introduced in the past, they have usually excepted younger ones. I had a difficult job with my 6 month old, but now she was best friends with the other pig after many weeks, and is actually a lot quieter poor thing. But if you don't want to put yourself through all the introduction thing, I'm sure your pig will be ok on his own.

Becckkyy- it's always sad when a piggie passes.
(Nearly) 5 is a good age though.
Hopefully it was a quiet, uneventful end for her.

Heyy im 13 and my guinea pig died aswell he dies on the way to the vet my other guinea pig is acting the same way as yours but. He nies he is not there so what i did was put a teddy bear in for him to play with to keep him company hope this helps and can i get some advice to

Mines was 8 months old when it died so it was still a baby

Hi callum sorry to hear about your guinea, he was very young you must be very sad :(
How is the other pne doing now?
Putting a teddy in for company was a good idea but your other guinea will be sad and lost without the friend. Be careful not to overheat it is sooooo hot for guineas at the mo. Lots of treats and cuddles needed. If you are worried your other guinea seems unwell do take to vet to check out. Let us know how you go x

My guinea pig Cinnamon just passed away we thought (and hoped) she was pregnant but then she stopped drinking as much and barely ate I thought I was doing something wrong after I had a horrible weekend where my friend's little sister got burned and my brother got in a car crash I went to sleep and woke up on Monday feeling funny, I went and took a shower and then came back to check on my baby girls (Cinnamon and Lucky) I picked up there Igloo and lucky walked over to her food bowl but I noticed Cinnamon wasn't moving so I touched her and she was ice cold I pulled my hand away then ran downstairs and broke the news to my mom and brothers then I cried well my mother held me I didn't even go to school I felt to sick and sad so I did what any depressed person would do when they need an escape from the world and sadness, I slept. We buried cinnamon and cried a lot. Now lucky just wonders around her cage looking for Cinnamon sometimes she looks at me and squeaks as if asking "Where's my sister? Why am I alone?" I still cry about cinnamon. My mom and me thinks she either had worms or a tumor. I stayed up from 1 to 6 holing lucky cause she simply couldn't fall asleep in her cage so I held and she fell asleep at my side so I let her sleep till 6 then put her in her cage when I had to go and get around for another day of school. My mom was thinking about getting a friend for lucky but were not sure if lucky will accept the new friend. Anyway I know what your going through.

R.I.P. Cinnamon and your Two guinea pigs as well

Duffy would you like to start a fresh thread about your piggies?
Are you considering a new cagemate for Lucky?
How old is she?

You will most likely never find out what happened to Cinnamon sadly.
that she's gone .

This thread is years old, so start a new one for your piggie

If your geanea pig was warm he was probably hibernateing (was he hard and stiff?)**

so 2 days ago my guinea pig died. her name was Zooh Zooh I miss very much. she has a twin sister, her name is skittles. I have had them since I was young. They are 6-7 years old now and skittles is having trouble. She hasn't eaten or drinking anything since she passed. When I found Zooh Zooh dead skittles was laying with her. The only thing she has eaten since is bedding and her sisters poo. Someone plz help me she's too old for company and my father said no to getting another one. I don't want to loose her too.

will letting my guinea pig see her dead sister help her cope better?@Ebayaholic

Sorry to hear of your loss. Poor skittles. She's a very good age for a piggie. As she was with her sister when she died, she will have spent some time with her and will understand in her own way. When any of mine have lost their friend, it has taken them a few days to perk up again, so give her time. I'd just make sure she has plenty of fuss and attention, lots of cuddles and her favourite treats. I have put in a balled up pair of old socks with a bereaved pig, just so they have something to snuggle - that can help.

My cute baby little guinea pig died he was called badger. He had a play mate fudge. Badger was not a really healthy or strong guinea pig but his life was mostly happy and exiting. We gave him allot of attention and did everything we could to save him. we fed him as much syringes as we could of water and some mushy stuff. i cried loads when baby badger died it was so sad. we buried him in the peaceful garden we wrapped him round a blanket with lovely flowers and red roses. we look after fudge a lot now play games with him and feed him we keep him very happy.

here is some advice
fudge is fine now so make sure if your guinea pig who died and its playmate is sad give its play mate lots of attention . Feed it and play games with them cuddle and hug them.

Hello, my guinea pig died at the beginning of the month. I had the other one checked out and he got a clean bill of health from the vet. I ended up replacing him so my remaining guinea pig would not be lonely with a younger boar from the animal shelter and they seem to get along OK. But now, the guinea pig that I had left is displaying the same sick symptoms that my other one died from even though he was given a clean bill of health and was perfectly healthy three short weeks ago!!! What can be happening I am so perplexed? They told me the one that died had dental disease and it was too far going to help him. But this piggy that’s left was in perfect health according to the vet who did lab work as well. But I can see he’s lost weight and he’s being quite lethargic. Couldn’t have something to do with losing his buddy? They were together for four years until the other one passed.