Is it normal to cry for 4 solid hours over the death of a guinea pig?

[Mintyy]

... because that is what I have done this morning [hsad] [hsad] [hsad].

And the children too, and even dh had a little sniff.

We lost our beautiful Cookie and we already miss her so much.

Thank goodness I am working from home today, there is no way I could have gone in to work the state I'm in.

RIP darling Cookie. Loved the poem (and I'm sure Cookie would have been proud to be remembered in that way.) Hugs to Peggy and the rest of you.

Mintyy - sorry to hear about your piggie. Hope Peggy is okay. The poem is lovely. Glad you had a funeral for her - it helped our DD's when our bun died.

It is perfectly normal to cry a lot over the death of a pet. It is about 18 months since we lost our previous bun and I miss her daily. I knew she was sick and stayed up with her all night - she died in my arms the following morning. I cried for days and still have my weepy moments.

Give Peggy an extra cuddle from me - she must be feeling a bit lonely.

So sorry to hear about Cookie and so sorry you are upset but it is completely normal as you loved her.

My beautiful gentle Loulou Pig died two weeks ago today and I am still crying on and off. I loved her with abandon. I had her for just over 5 years and thought she was beyond perfect. The gentlest most beautiful creature to have ever walked on this earth.

I took her sister to the vet on the Saturday as she had lost 35g and took LouLou too to be checked over as she seemed to have slowed down quite a bit in the last few weeks. The vet said she was fine. She died in her sleep 4 days later. RIP Loulou and Cookie.

I lost one of mine a few months ago and cried for a week. She was so adorable and although I have over 30 they all have names and personalities and I love them dearly

Muffin was late with her litter and I was getting worried so took her to bed with me. One popped out so tiny then the next one was lifeless so I sucked mucas out of it's mouth and gave a few breaths. The relief when I saw it's chest move was enormous
She had 5 in total all small and now 3 days old they are doing well and mum is on fatty diet so nice and chunky again with lots of milk!

Squeak is still the smallest and half size of others but v fiesty and first on the sweetcorn tonight!

Oh silver73 that is so .
I haven't seen a post from you since BlondiePig died (you were adopting some rescue pigs. Did you go ahead with the adoption?)

I've been fortunate enough to have never had to have a pig PTS. Mine have either gone in their sleep or in my arms. The ones that died being cuddled were ones I knew were ill (and they went from fine to gone in less than a day).
The ones which went in their sleep were more of a shock because they were fine when they went to bed.

But you know they go peacefully, in their own housie with their pig-mates.
So that can't be all bad >

Thanks for your further messages. There have been more tears today (even though I was at work [hblush]). And rip to Loulou - maybe she has met up with Cookie in the gp afterlife?

Hi 70

We did get 3 more rescue pigs from a GP rescue that advised getting younger pigs so that our older pigs would not have an hassle. They are lovely but just a little bit mad which meant that Loulou and her sister Dottypig used to enjoy watching all the racing around and madness. The younger pigs also adored Loulou and would take any opportunity to cuddle up to her as she was so sweet and gentle I think they adopted her as their mother. Still miss her even though it is nearly a month now

Our lovely little piggie died today. She was a little old lady at the age of 8. We loved her and will miss her. My dd took a cutting of her hair as a keepsake, it is very sad when you see your child's sad face, makes it more upsetting.

Oh, chocolate so but a good age for your piggie.
Have you got photos of your pig, maybe your DD could make a scrap-book?

Hi 70isa, yes we do, that sounds like a lovely idea thanks.