Mama guinea pig joins her babies.

[Catherine]

I was afraid when the babies were still born that I would lose the mother too. Caramel died in my arms last night.
It is as if her spirit went with the babies when they died and her body has finally freed her to join them.
She had no will to live and no amount of comfort from me and her piggie family was enough to reach her.

I offered her every treat that she liked and she was grateful, but she barely touched them. Sadly guinea pigs often die when a beloved friend/mate/ child or parent dies. They can't stand to be separated from a piggie they were close to. Caramel must have sensed the babies and bonded with them. When they died she died with them. She was such a gentle sensitive girl. I did hope I could keep her going.

She now rests in my garden with her children in a quiet shady spot where they can be together forever.