what a crappy day today has been
I woke up after a bad night and I heard mum had just brought
the girls in so I shouted down to her
and all I got back was "Alice isnt right!!"
So I came downstairs blurry eyed
and mum was in tears
she put alice on the floor and alice could barely move
it was like she was drunk or had had a stroke or something
i felt sick and i cried
millie stuck by alice's side all morning
we put out millie's beloved spinach like we do every day
and alice didnt move, millie pinched 2 leaves but decided to remain by alice's side
I said to mum we would get ready to go out and be outside the vet's doors
for when it opens at 9am
so thats what we did and we got millie with us too
we had no idea what was up with alice
she was totally fine yesterday
but today seeing her unable to walk and we could see she was tensing in pain
we got to the vets and they saw us to make sure alice was stable
then we had to wait to see a vet
the vet didnt seem to know what was wrong
he felt alice and checked her over
alice was in pain and discomfort its awful seeing her like that
the vet said said she could have possibly fractured a leg or a pelvis or have kidney stones
or have something else internally going off
he gave her 2 injections
an anti-inflammatory and a strong pain relief
we were there an hour
we got home and we settled her in her cage and gave them salad
mum went to work
and i did some dancing and had a shower and fell asleep
we kept checking on alice
at 4pm we got her out as we noticed she had not moved all day and millie has remained by her side all day too, so we got her out to see how she was doing
and she couldnt walk, her back leg was at an odd angle
we felt sick at the sight
cus it wasnt right and knew it probably wasnt fixable
so i rang the vets up and they said to bring alice down at 4:45pm for a top of pain relief and maybe syringe feed her food and get her booked in for an xray in the morning
so we put millie home which was hard to do as she was glued to alice
and licking alice's ear - something they never do
and we took alice down
a nurse saw us again and we said how unhappy and unwell alice truly was
and that we think putting her to sleep would be the kindest thing to do
as an xray isnt gonna cure her and who's to say that whatever they do discover will be curable?
she will be put through more pain and yeah we dont want to put her through more hours of pain of her trying to get herself comfy and sitting in a ball
she looked like she had given up
she wasnt even stressed when it came to even being at the vets
it was like she was in a coma or something
horrible
so then we had to wait for a vet to do the dreadful putting to sleep treatment
once again we were at the vets an hour
and came away with alice wrapped in a towel
horrid
i cant believe how quickly she has been taken from us
she was fine yesterday
we hadnt changed her food or dropped or hurt her
she was fine
and today seeing her like that was like a different pig
in the space of a month we've lost 2 pigs
poor millie - our most social and loving pig - is by herself now
when we came home my dad came home like 5 mins later
we got to work as a family
mum prepared dinner
my brother got pinks's old indoor cage from the loft
my dad buried alice in the garden with the other piggies
i set to work on making pinks's cage homely for millie
we had decided that since millie is a single pig and its winter that we would house her indoors
so we can give her more company and she will be warmer too
so poor Oz is alone in that shed!
millie has received lots of fuss from us and she seems alright in her new home too
i just cant believe the day i really cant
i loved alice
she was such a spaced out guinea pig living in her own world and was very lazy
she was also my mum's 25th wedding anniversary present
mum loved her and its mum's birthday on saturday T^T
poor alice, what an awful way to go after living the life of luxury
she will be sadly missed
mia had rang me, i didnt get time to tell her about alice
as it didnt seem as important as she was telling me her grandma is in critical care
in the hospital and doctors dont think she will pull through
so i hope mia gets through that tonight
not sure what im doing tomorrow
not thought
my head is messed up today cant think on anything
i made sure to see Ozwald tho
he loved his pigs and i hope he will keep millie company
here's photos of dear alice
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