[Gpdd] Rainbow Bridge: Otto the Very Vocal Guinea Pig

[Guineapigfilms at aol.com]

Thanks so much to everyone who wrote privately to send condolences for 
Otto.That was so sweet, and we both really appreciate it. I have tried to answer 
everyone via private email, but beg forgiveness if anyone slipped through 
the cracks. It has been a very emotional time here, as I'm sure you all know.

Alyssa and I were so glad that Otto had such a peaceful passing. I know it 
isn't always so easy. I'm glad he had those extra months, after he recovered 
from illness last year.

And ten years is a lot of mileage for a guinea pig--especially since he was 
neglected by his previous owners before we adopted him from the local 
Humane Society. 

You couldn't come in the front door or come downstairs or even enter the 
living room (his domain) without being greeted by loud, querulous, demanding 
"wheeks." Basically, he was saying, "Okay, I know you're in here. Where's my 
carrots, apple slices, lettuce leaves, celery sticks, etc., etc., etc.?"

For a very small animal, he basically filled up the whole room with his 
heart and his soul. Now there is only emptiness.

 He wasn't one of the "movie star" guinea pigs on HBO, Nickelodeon, PBS or 
Animal Planet, but he was featured on local television news and in the local 
newspaper. 
http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2009/aug/21/local-woman-takes-exception-disney-charcterizing-g/

Each time I come in the house, I listen for his "wheepings." Can't get used 
to the silence.

Love and WHEEEEEEPS,

Nancy (& Alyssa)