Mr. Bubbles and Scruffy
Grazing along side of his big brother, Mr. Bubbles. Even though they couldn't be housed together, he still loved his brother and they always grazed outside together.
Scruffy perched on his house. He spent most of his time up there surveying the room. He always liked to see what was happening. When he got his new cage with the fleece forest, he used that house to get on top of it where the views were even better!
His favorite spot to sit during lap time. He used to lick my cheek and nibble my beard from up there. Something only he did.
Scruffy during his recovery from the bowel infection which nearly took his life last year. Even during that tough ordeal, he never lost his spunk. His eating habits were never fully the same after that. Even through all of his health problems, he was still a happy, bubbly little guy.
With the addition of Sammy and Dean to our family came the 4 musketeers. Scruffy loved his downstairs neighbors and he always squeaked when they did.
Scruffy loved having his chin rubbed. He never let me get away without rubbing his chin.
Farewell my sweet boy! I will miss you. Nothing can replace you or fill the hole in my heart. Your body gave out, but your spirit will live on forever.
I feel very fortunate to have been his human. I'm grateful for the last year with him after his severe bowel infection. His health was never quite the same after that. He didn't suffer during the last year, but the vet said that an illness as serious as that could very well shorten his life even if he survived it. Back when he had that, she said that his chances of living through something that bad were 50/50 if he got through the first two days on the antibiotics. Getting him through that ordeal and getting to enjoy him and the unique nature of his character is a gift that I will always cherish.
Mr Bubbles has been a bit restless since it happened. I believe he knows that Scruffy is gone even though they couldn't share a cage. He enjoyed rubbing noses and swapping squeaks and purrs with Scruffy even though it had to be through the wire cages. He's getting extra love as are Sammy and Dean. Loving on Mr Bubbles and having him do his content squeak and purr helps ease some of the pain of losing Scruffy. I'm really going to need him over the next few days.
Mr Bubbles has been a bit restless since it happened. I believe he knows that Scruffy is gone even though they couldn't share a cage. He enjoyed rubbing noses and swapping squeaks and purrs with Scruffy even though it had to be through the wire cages. He's getting extra love as are Sammy and Dean. Loving on Mr Bubbles and having him do his content squeak and purr helps ease some of the pain of losing Scruffy. I'm really going to need him over the next few days.
I took Scruffy to the vet clinic to be cremated this morning. They take good care of him and I'll get his ashes back in about a week. The finality really hit hard watching them take him to the back in the box I had put him in. They provide a nice urn and everything.
Scruffy had this hanging chew toy that has been chewed down to a nub. I got him a new one just like it, but he still preferred the old one. He was even chewing on it Friday evening. I'm keeping that too as it was his favorite toy. I don't know exactly what the urn will look like, but I hope it has a way to put a photo of him on it. I have a photo album of him. Not sure if the link will work, but here it is:
https://photos.app.goo.www.guinealynx.info/
Scruffy had this hanging chew toy that has been chewed down to a nub. I got him a new one just like it, but he still preferred the old one. He was even chewing on it Friday evening. I'm keeping that too as it was his favorite toy. I don't know exactly what the urn will look like, but I hope it has a way to put a photo of him on it. I have a photo album of him. Not sure if the link will work, but here it is:
https://photos.app.goo.www.guinealynx.info/
Thank goodness for Mr Bubbles. I'm really feeling Scruffy's loss more today than since he passed. Now I know why we're supposed to have at least 2 guinea pigs. It's not just for them. It's for us too. When we lose one of our friends, the others provide the comfort we need to move on. Dean spent over an hour with me last night. Sammy is more high strung and just likes to run around, but he had a good 15-20 minutes of lap time yesterday too. I am going to try and get him extra floor time this evening since he's not much of a lap piggie.