[Gpdd] Rainbow bridge: Chico

[Mieke Staaks]

Today exactly 3 years ago, Chico got to move in with his girlz.
at that time they were Dunya and Woopy, now they would be Woopy, Lily and
Daisy.

Unfortunately Chico did not make it to this day :'(
Yesterday evening, only 30 minutes short of this small anniversary, he
crossed the rainbow bridge...

As some of you know he was having diarrhea for the second time (ironically
enough he had normal poops yesterday),
and inbetween he broke his front teeth. This probably caused a trama in
which his jaws became misaligned.
This meant his front teeth didn't meet anymore, and as a result his lower
incisors had grown very long already.

Last friday the vet corrected this, and then she noticed that his jaws were
misaligned...
She said there was a possiblity that this would correct itself, but there
was also a good chance that this wouldn't correct itself,
meaning monthly visits to the vet to have his teeth corrected...

He was a very strong boar, since the teeth correction friday, he kept going
on, but loosing more and more weight,
as he couldn't really eat himself. We did of course feed him critical care
and small strips of vegetable.
When I came home yesterday he was not looking good, but we spent about
another 2 hours sitting with him.
I gave him some extra painkiller in case he was in pain, and we just tried
to keep him comfortable.
He kept standing up, and would still stand on his paws for a very long time!
I took all my girlz (one by one) to see him for the last time, the girlz
were not very happy with this.
There is something about cavies and knowing when time is up, and they just
tend to keep away from them.
However when I took Lily to him (they were always very fond of each other)
he lifted his head and tried to snuggle up to her!
After that he went downhill fast...

He was my first cavy that did not do the running in the end, though he was
stamping his feet a lot,
which felt a lot like he was trying to stand up and walk away...

Sadly, Mieke, Erwin
and the guinygirlz Woopy, Lily and Daisy
-- 
"Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room"
Mary Schmich, 1997
(Source: http://256.com/gray/quotes/schmich.html)