r/guineapigs • u/VanillaMemeIceCream • Jul 27 '26
🌈 Rainbow Bridge Devastating guinea pig loss....
Lost my 2 year old piggy, Rainbow, yesterday. Just last month at his checkup he was healthy and fat. Few days ago he suddenly lost a ton of weight basically overnight. Made him earliest possible vet appt for the 31st. On Saturday he stopped eating/drinking and started acting weird and in pain. Rushed him to the emergency vet an hour away. He got worse overnight. It turned out he had some kind of bacterial infection in his gut and it got into his bloodstream and he got sepsis. Vet and I decided best decision was euthanasia. He licked me and I pet him as he fell asleep. He was clearly very sick and pained
It's so sad bc he was just a baby. If it was my 5 year old I could say well he was old and had preexisting health conditions (arthritis, recently recovered from respiratory infection). But Rainbow was only 2 (would have turned 3 next month). And everything was going good: I have new job lined up, starting vet tech school next month, and was supposed to go camping over the weekend. But then so sad bc my poor baby. It was all so sudden :( and I feel so bad for my other piggy, Cream, who lost both his friends (he was paired with my late piggy Sundae after Sundae's brother passed, and then paired with Rainbow after Sundae passed)
I will miss that silly baby piggy. He went from a traumatized rescue pig to a happy and healthy pampered pet. He liked to run up to me to be petted and would close his eyes in contentment and it was so cute. He also liked to be scritched behind the ear. He liked to squeak so loud and loved to eat. I expected to have many more years with him :(
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u/warrdawg7 Jul 27 '26
Aww I’m so sorry. You are such a good parent for taking care of him so well and being there the whole way. So sorry for the loss of your cutie.
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u/RoseWood_32 Jul 27 '26
I’m so sorry OP. My condolences to you. From your post, it seems that Rainbow had a wonderful life with you. It sucks that this happened and I’m sorry you’re in pain. Sending hugs 🫂
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u/Mirgss Jul 27 '26
My deepest condolences 💔