On Apr 25, 2:36=A0pm, Michel Oosterbeek <so...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > Sorry to hear about your loss. You posted on guinealynx, also?
>
> No, sorry. In fact, my only "guinea pig - talk" happens here on this
> newsgroup.
>
> > They seem to fall apart at around 4-5 years old. As my exotics vet
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> > says, the quality of time you spend with them is more im****tant than
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> > quantity.
>
> So very true. Although Droopy (Doodles former cagemate) is already 6,5
> years old, and still going strong! Let's just hope she'll keep going for
> a long time...
One of my pigs lasted to almost 7 years - she was incontinent and had
a cattaract on her R eye but perfectly happy for me to feed her on my
knee via a syringe with food and water every night. She was
spontaneously eating and drinking herself but it was a special bonding
ritual that allowed her to know how special she was towards the end.
One morning she had a heart attack ( collapsed and gasping) so I
lifted her out of the cage and cuddled her quietly until she died 5
minutes later.
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