[Gpdd] [RAINBOW BRIDGE] Condolences for Babu Franklin

[DebJonSara at aol.com]

Ruth
 
We were so very sorry to read that your dear little Babu Franklin had  
departed for the Rainbow Bridge, and so soon after he had gone to his new home.  We 
are sure his health decline would have been nothing to do with his having  
moved home, and that he would have preferred to be with new cagemate Bonkers  
rather than all alone at yours. And you know, even if you had still had him and  
noticed a decline in his health earlier, very often there is nothing a vet can 
 do, and perhaps he was spared a lot of frightening intervention. If he was 
loved  as much as you say by his new family, he will certainly have felt that, 
and  probably he realised you had had to let him go for his own good, so that 
he  would not be lonely. He will have been so grateful to you for rescuing 
from the  pet store, and at least got to know the love of two different families 
in his  comparatively short little life.
 
It is so sad that you, like Francine, are having to leave the wonderful  gpdd 
community and piggie slavedom. We know all we oldtimers will miss  you. We 
hope you enjoy Scotland - Debbie Slave lived for 9 years on the  Northeast Coast 
of Scotland, right on the mouth of the River Spey, although she  never had 
guinea pigs then, nor indeed did she see a single piggie whilst she  was there. 
But she loved it dearly and misses the breathtaking scenery.  Hopefully it 
will help you to heal.
 
Take care, dear Ruth - you don't have to leave our community just because  
you are pigless, you know, although Debbie Slave did leave all her bunny forums  
when her last bunny moved to a new home in the UK so she could get better vet 
 care - it was too painful to be reminded of the joy she was missing and read 
of  all the anguish slaves were suffering through ill or departing bunnies. 
So we do  understand.
 
Run free and popcorn, Babu Franklin - and Ruth also. You will both be  missed.
 
Debbie and the 11 Dolly Mixtures