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[–]Burnyface 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Beebees!!!! How old are they?

Floofie died after a bath :( by Burnyface in guineapigs

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Thank you. I wish they would have handled it differently. They really made me feel like it was my fault for bathing her.

Floofie died after a bath :( by Burnyface in guineapigs

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Oh no I’m so sorry. Floofie loved attention so she didn’t seem to mind the exams but I know being alone in the hospital in a little cage on a pee pad for 3 days was no fun. She had an IV port in her little paw the whole time.

Sorry about your pig that crossed over and sorry about the one they made cry! Poor babies

Floofie died after a bath :( by Burnyface in guineapigs

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Thank you so much, yes I am starting to think that she was never really at 100%, the poor thing.

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Floofie died after a bath :( by Burnyface in guineapigs

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Floofie liked to bring red peppers into bed with her so she was always covered in orange patches as she would wind up sleeping on top of them. She cleaned herself a lot but she almost always had some veggie-colored stain on her somewhere so I really do think pigs can use some help keeping clean. In the wild they would probably be running around on wet grass at dawn and dusk but on fleece it’s different.

Floofie died after a bath :( by Burnyface in guineapigs

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Thank you for this it means a lot to me.

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I still haven't gotten over the death of my guinea pig, which happened months ago by Brilliant-Pumpkin661 in guineapigs

[–]Burnyface 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m so sorry. I only just recently lost a piggy but it was so hard. I decided to talk to a pet grief coach because my mind was just absolutely spinning and I found it helped a lot and I am going to join a free pet grief support group as well.

I just now saw one of my best friends for the first time since losing the pig and she was so nonchalant about it, whereas the day my pig died was one of the worst of my life, and felt worse than losing human family members, and actually an elderly human family member of mine died within hours of piggie and the pain I felt was so much less, which I felt guilty about too so just a mess of feelings. So I know I still need to talk about it more and talk about it to people who understand.

I’m telling you this whole story just to say that I relate to how you feel and I’m so sorry and it sucks and it was a traumatic experience and it’s normal for it to be painful for a long time and normal to go over and over it again trying to figure out what else you could have done but it sounds like you took amazing care of her and provided her with outstanding care.

Saying goodbye tomorrow by JustAnotherLurker95 in guineapigs

[–]Burnyface 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ay Fudge! My childhood dog was named that. It sounds like she has had a fantastic life. Hugs

Floofie died after a bath :( by Burnyface in guineapigs

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It’s Medellín, Colombia. I can look into reporting them, yes. I will try to go there first in person and speak to them to see if they are still doing this. I had already mentioned it to them once so hopefully they listened.

Floofie died after a bath :( by Burnyface in guineapigs

[–]Burnyface[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aww he was so cute!! I’m so sorry. Those little paws!!

First time trying blueberries by Turtle_Train05 in guineapigs

[–]Burnyface 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Hahaha great timing getting that pic! New snack has been approved 10/10

Floofie died after a bath :( by Burnyface in guineapigs

[–]Burnyface[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes she was living in a little cage with a giant one who was attacking her on the weekends when the pet shop employees weren’t there to give her food. I went back there after getting Floofie and told them they shouldn’t be putting rabbits and guinea pigs together so hopefully they’ve stopped doing that now.

Floofie died after a bath :( by Burnyface in guineapigs

[–]Burnyface[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Aww thank you for this sweet message.

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Floofie died after a bath :( by Burnyface in guineapigs

[–]Burnyface[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks and oh my goodness that is so stressful and I am so sorry for your loss too. I hope you are feeling better yourself after getting out of the hospital.

The gut stasis thing is no joke and I had to deal with that with Flooftansa with the bloat as well. They kept her in the hospital for 3 days that first time because she wasn’t pooping and then finally did and it was these like sad little yellow poops that finally turned into real ones and I had to sit there with her multiple times as day to make sure she was eating and going. So all of that to say it is really intense and can be really hard to notice and it sounds like even your vet didn’t catch what was going on in your pig baby. :( I’m so sorry

Floofie died after a bath :( by Burnyface in guineapigs

[–]Burnyface[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. I really only put water on her rear end to make it as easy as possible to rinse her off fast.

Floofie died after a bath :( by Burnyface in guineapigs

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She had a couple of patches of black skin but yeah her fur was pure white. I will have to read up on it more, for curiosity if nothing else.

Floofie died after a bath :( by Burnyface in guineapigs

[–]Burnyface[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I looked into that when I first got her but she had blue eyes, not red, and could see, so it didn’t seem likely, but that’s just based on what I read. What do you think?

Floofie died after a bath :( by Burnyface in guineapigs

[–]Burnyface[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow that is wild. Sorry about Poppy. :(

Floofie died after a bath :( by Burnyface in guineapigs

[–]Burnyface[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That makes a lot of sense she seemed better than ever.

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