David Lock

My Irish neighbour lost his dog last week. I leant over the fence as I heard him digging in the back garden. Thing was he had dug 3 holes.

So I said "Sorry to hear about Rover - but why 3 holes?"

"Cos the first 2 weren't big enough".


(sorry)

J4CKO

iTrader: (1)

Maybe it was like lightbulbs, you buy new ones and fit them, they all then conk out at the same time, so if they were from the same litter, same genetics ?

Alternatively, maybe the rabbit is a buck toothed Hannibal Lechter ?

STi-Frenchie

Sounds like they were scared to death by something Scoobypet. Guinea pigs (we have 2, keep 'em inside all year round) are very fragile when it comes to shocks and heart attacks are common. Hope your kids get over it soon - buy a couple more, they'll soon forget!

J4CKO

iTrader: (1)

Funnily enough, my mate mentioned his kids 2 GP's died suddenly recently, will find out the details, the last one of theirs died following getting a shampoo and set by his daughter, perhaps cold rainwater in an upturned sandpit lid wasnt the best idea.

Our Hamster is still alive, its survived being covered in scabs, nursed back to health,I think its still alive as the kids cant be arsed with it, its going bald now, no wonder they dont want to play with it, its f*cking hideous.

Scrappy9

Perhaps its an ex Dr Shipman patient on a revenge mission killing GP's !!!!

abbiesdad

must be ... funny little things

scoobygurllover

Not being funny but what kind of veg did u feed the guinea pigs. I have quite a few over the years and not many people seem to realise that giving them iceberg lettuce is potentially fatal almost instantly. Dont ask me why cus all other lettuce are fine just the iceberg a no no. Just a thought.

David Lock

Google came up with this which was news to me. But the guy does seems to know what he is talking about. Just a thought.

I run a guinea pig shelter with a friend, and I have 200 guinea pigs at the current time. I am an expert on guinea pigs, and the reasons that you gave for the death of the guinea pig are not accurate. This is a very common cause of death in guinea pigs that appear to be completely healthy. What happens is the air pressure changes suddenly because of the weather. If the guinea pig has ANY genetic flaws, it will kill them within hours. The guinea pig usually stops eating, becomes lethargic/has seisures, and dies within hours. Just yesterday, we lost 11 guinea pigs because of a change in weather. This has to do with the barometric pressure.

SiDHEaD

Blimey

Neutral Cruiser

LMAO! (No offence to the animals obviously.)

ricardo

I really really don't believe that guy.

They do tend to die suddenly if very stressed. Even a fox or dog sniffing at the hutch could get them very stressed with this result.

Neutral Cruiser

[quote=SPEN555]My sister insisted on having our pet rabbit burried in the garden. The inconsiderate ****** died fully stretched out and so was about 3 foot long. The hole I dug was big but not enough for this rabbit. So I chucked it in and a few belts with the garden shovel soon had it folded up like a deck chai

scoobypet

Thanks Sidhead & all the other replies (well maybe not all!).
The Rabbit eats his own food with a bit of GP thrown in cos he's picky but likes it! (As 1st post the rabbit is separated in the top 1/2 of a deluxe cage, Hannibal Lecter tendancies are not obvious!).
After chatting to the place we got them, they reckon a cat or fox has scared the poor blighters to death (& we do have loads of Cats plus a few foxes locally). There are absolutely no signs of anything untoward - cage not opened etc - so it's either that or sudden poisoning. I will have to check on the 'Iceberg Lettuce' theory though.
The reason we got them was being told they were tough friendly little things, the latter was correct the former unfortunately not .
Sam