May 14, 2006

Harley

Harley the guinea pig passed away this morning.

He was a fairly old man as guinea pigs go...Victor adopted him in August 2001, and they estimated then that he was three years old. He'd been losing weight lately, but was still active and eating well until just last night. This morning Victor work up to find Harley curled up on the cage floor. He hadn't eaten his favorite food, dandelion greens, from last night.

We took him to the emergency vet, but he was gone by the time we got there. He passed in Victor's lap, peacefully, with just a few gasping breaths.

Here's a picture from his first Christmas with us, 2001:

harleywagon2002.jpg

Here he is chatting with Ohana:

harley-ohana.jpg

Victor has said this several times today, and it seems a fitting epitaph: He was a good pig.

Posted by Abita at May 14, 2006 01:01 PM
Comments

so sorry to hear about Harley

he looked such a little cutie

Posted by: colleen at May 14, 2006 08:57 PM

Bye bye Harley. You looked like a very sweet little piggie. It is good he went peacefully in victor's lap. Sorry for your loss ~Poiland Rodentia and Tribe

Posted by: Georgie, Aeowen, Narnia, Josie, Ford Prefect, Arthur Dent at May 15, 2006 01:52 AM

I'm sorry about Harley. I had 2 guinea pigs I took from a teacher who didn't take care of them, and I enjoyed them a lot. They are really sweet little beings. Harley was a lucky piggie to have you two and all the ratties.

Posted by: Eanna at May 15, 2006 07:41 AM

We're very sorry for your loss.

Posted by: Diva Kitty at May 15, 2006 08:49 PM

I am so sorry, he looks so great and full of character!

Posted by: Shamisen at May 16, 2006 09:30 AM

Farewell, Handsome Harley. So very sorry for your loss. He does, indeed, look like a good pig.

Posted by: norway ratty at May 16, 2006 09:41 AM