[Gpdd] RAINBOW BRIDGE: 'LIFE' in the Johnson precious boys
juliejohnson12 at bigpond.com
juliejohnson12 at bigpond.com
Tue Feb 4 06:43:45 EST 2014
Dear all my friends,
I have 3 items to cover in this email.
1. Sooty's eye/sinus infection has cleared up so he's back to normal.
2. I managed to fix Kimba again. He had stopped pooing totally. The vet advised when she felt his tummy, she could feel lots of backed up poos, so I used paraffin oil on his favourite grass. I also gave him natural dandelions. It took about 2 days, and finally the drought broke. He was back to normal a week ago; yet yesterday he was constipated again. So on goes the dandelion therapy. He is now fixed again.
3. I AWOKE ON 1ST February, AND FOUND HUGO DEAD IN HIS BED. It LOOKED LIKE HE DIED PEACEFULLY BECAUSE HE WAS LYING COMFORTABLY IN HIS TENT. I PAD THE TENTS WITH OLD TOWEL FOR THEIR COMFORT. I HAD A TOTALLY SLEEPLESS NIGHT ON Friday/Saturday, SO AT 2AM I CHECKED ON Sooty, changed his pooey bed, snuck a look at the other 3 piggies, and Hugo was still alive and heading to his seed bowl at 2 am. When I found Hugo he was cold and not stiff, so I imagine he died very soon after 2am because he did not go into rigor, so I assumed he'd been through that already.
I am a basket case. Hugo was the "rock" and the personality of my 4 remaining boys. He was a real "man" amongst piggies. He did everything right, ate his Oxbow pellets, ate his timothy hay, ate his mixed food, ate his veges, drank his water, took his vitamin C syringe every day like a man.
I had noticed he was breathing deeply for a couple of weeks. But because he's never been sick, I didn't fully keep a close watch on him because I was caring for Kimba, Sooty, and Treacle for his scurvy/paralysis.
Hugo was the strong one. But I remember a week before his passing, saying to my mum that Hugo didn't seem his normal self, he was a bit more subdued than normal.
He was 5 years of age. I would guess he did of cancer. He'd had 2 lumps removed some 18 months ago and one was just a piece of grass or grain which became embedded and filled the lump with pus; the other lump the vet called "very nasty".
I'm now down to 3 boys, yet Kimba is not totally well, but he is not 5 1/2 years old; Treacle is 5 years old; and Sooty is also 5 years old. I'm terrified to go asleep in case one of them leaves me overnight. Really, I'm a total wreck. I'm paranoid and keep watching them most of my day to ensure their well being and ensure they are happy running around during the day.
I miss Hugo more than I can describe. Their room is so quiet without Hugo & his personality. He was my very darling boy.
Julie, Kimba, Sooty & Treacle.
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