[Gpdd] ANNOUNCEMENT: Condolences for Chico

[Glynis Robson]

Dear Mikey, Erwin, Woopy, Lily and Daisy,
 
Whee are devastated to hear about our dear darling friend Chico :-(
RIP Chico run free at the bridge, now reunited with Dunya, have fun
popcorning together thru the lush green meadows and enjoy nibbling on
sweet corn silks and all your fav treaties, you'll be so very very sadly
missed by your mummy and daddy and ladies Woopy, Daisy and especially
Lily and so many of the GPDD family, but NEVER EVER EVER forgotten
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of loves for you all from Glynis, Velvet and Onyx
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Another little star now twinkling in the sky ...............   :-(
 
Mikey i'm so so sorry love, he was such a little trooper, so brave and
such a manly boar!  BIG HUGS to you both and the girls send lots of
little kisses and friendly brrrrrrr's to the girls
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Love
Glynis, Velvet and Onyx (in mem Sully and Duke) xxxx
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From: Mieke Staaks [mailto:pandameisje at gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, 14 February 2012 10:44 PM
To: GPDD
Cc: M; Stefanie Duffy; Glynis Robson; Glynis; ANDREW SILL
Subject: Rainbow bridge: Chico


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)