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| R.I.P. Miny 05/04/2008 - 31/03/2013 |
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Sadly, Miny passed away on the night of the 31st March. She was almost 5 years old. It was a very shocking discovery, I just came back from a 2-day trip to France with my family (we left the guinea pigs at home with enough food and water). Miny wasn't doing very well, she was hoarse 2 weeks before this and we didn't knew how that came, but we decided to wait a few days before going to the vet, and her voice came back; but she had trouble eating. Before we left we saw that a part of her tooth was broken, but she was still trying to eat, so we thought it didn't trouble her too much. Boy, was I wrong. When we came back the first thing I do is to check on my guinea pigs to see if they're alright. I came in and Miny was lying down, it looked like she was sleeping and Tiny was behind her. One second in and I felt something was terribly off. Miny didn't budge, she was usually such an energetic little piggie. I opened up the cage and pushed her a bit (normally she gets scared from that)...
and she just toppled. She was hard and stayed in the exact position, kind of like those stuffed animals in the museum. I started crying, and after that we buried her in a park very near. It was very sad, I am crying while typing this. Tiny is also very sad, and the saddest thing is that I can't explain to her what happened. When we took Miny out of the cage, Tiny kept going back to the place where Miny was, just to see if she's there. They're very close, Tiny and Miny have spent all their life together, we bought them together at the pet shop. It's not easy for Tiny, but she's doing a bit better now, still wheeking for Miny every now and then. I try to spend more time with her, and I'm searching for a new mate for Tiny, she can't stay alone. But let's not go off-topic. This has been such a lenghty post, I will put all pictures of Miny under the cut
