When I got Nera from Pets Wonderland, she already had fungal on her head (or so we thought) but she was one of the cutest baby there.. a mixed breed of Abyssinian and Peruvian. An adorable little girl. I couldn't believe it but I felt so lucky to have Nera as part of The Mini Herd I started.
Maybe the forumners are right about that, most of the guinea pigs from pet shops, are not as healthy compare to those you adopted from a shelter or rescue but no... we don't really have a shelter or a rescue that has guinea pigs here but of course we do have a site that let's us adopt them if the owner put them up for adoption. Now, I refuse to believe this theory... Natsu is a healthy little girl.. just the lice problem though. Yes, my lack of experience doesn't count Karma's passing. Still, that doesn't convinced me because I am still lacking of experience.
Nera got use to her environment almost immediately. Similar as Fuyu. She would eat from your hand and drink from her bottle before she has gotten very ill. She hates it when you clean up her wounds.. she hates water. She will head butt you or bite your clothes until you stroke her gently, she will stop then. She knows you love and care for her.
I got my experience on how to deal with fungal and lice from Natsu and Hunter. Yes, you can say that my most healthiest pig is baby Fuyu. No issue, and the most smartest one. Having Nera, gave me a whole lot of a new experience on how to care for a very unhealthy guinea pig.
We know that she is suffering, and she is just a baby. We know that her breathing is not consistent and we know Nera is trying her very hard to keep calm and fight.. Within four days, Nera's health declined drastically. Probably due to stress in a new environment. She couldn't take it. Her hair starts falling and her weight goes downhill fast. Even so, Nera is drinking and eating as usual. She is fighting for survival. We had her on emergency, hand feeding her food and water with extra vitamins every 2-3 hours that night. We got her on 100 plus when we notice her weight keeps on going down. The next day, we brought her to the vets and the vets conclude that she is having vitamin C deficiency. Gave us some steroid and vitamins. We bought glucose to keep her hydrated. Thank God that helped... her weight is increasing slowly the very next day but ever since.. it is still inconsistent. Her breathing is still the same.. it seems so hard for her and sometimes, she seems to be experiencing seizures. I took a video of that and show it to the vets on her following check ups but they said it's not seizure. I know it is, I could have been more persistent!
She would constantly be eating and falling asleep. Sometimes she falls to the side after breathing heavily. I would wake her up by putting my finger in front of her.. She woke up when she sensed my smell. One time, I picked her up from her possible seizure and calm her down. She was suffering.. and during the time, I refuse to believe she was suffering. I belived she will be okay. Her weight seems to be improving.. but her hair still falls.. until nothing is left. She refuse Oxbow'S Critical Care but still eating her hay and some fresh fruits. She became dependent, everytime waiting or call for a drink.
The night we found her lifeless in her dome.. Fuyu & Natsu did not came out from their tree house to greet us home as usual. They stayed in until we came back from sending Nera off. Nera looks like she was in pain and the worst part is, we weren't there for her when she needs us the most. Nera looks like she had gone through a painful experience before she fall. Her eyes is half open, she looks like she was breathing hard when finally she falls to her side. It looks like a heart attack.. but that's just my assumptions from how I look at her lifeless little body. That made me cried so hard.. because I can see that she was suffering while I was eating my dinner outside. I can see she needed me but I wasn't there.. we send her off with her little blanket, cuddle toy and a cloth wrapped around her in a cascade. I cannot forget seeing Nera's lifeless expressions. I kept thinking where did I go wrong? Why didn't I do something when I found her losing 4g the night before. I know because it's the consistency of her weight going up 4g and down at the same. What I didn't know that, that particular night the next day, she would leave me here. I told myself, with Nera.. I don't want to go through losing anymore.. but I had lost. I lost one of my precious.. and now I cried myself to sleep.
I decided to get Aya the next day to help me heal.. no.. that didn't help much. I missed her.. I missed her being so attached to me. I miss how loud she is when having a possible competition with Fuyu and Natsu on "Who's The Loudest Anyway?". Nera.. is very special to me.. Nera responded perfectly to us.. She acknowledged us. She knows that we're not harming her but helping her. My God.. I shouldn't have left you alone Nera.. I pray that God have you in his mercy and I am glad that you did not have to suffer anymore. Know that I love you.. know that we love you and we regret that we only have a very short beautiful life together. Missing you..
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