I'm Sorry

by Tuftey

I had two guinea pigs (a mother and daughter) I lost the daughter after two years but that's another story. I just lost my guinea pig today and want to share what happened and how words cannot describe my grief. She was called Tuftey Tina and I had her for almost 5 years.

I was chopping carrots in the kitchen before school and went over to her cage to give her some. She never came out which is very unusual because she recognises the sound. Then I saw her face as she started shuffling out on one side. I thought she'd broken a leg until she went past the carrots lay on her side and kept twitching.

I ran upstairs to tell my Dad and we came down by which time she had stopped twitching and was breathing incredibly slowly. Eventually the breathing stopped and I couldn't bear to touch her. I watched as the light left her eyes and I realised I would never be able to stroke her again.

I miss her so much and feel like I could've done something. I never got to give her her last carrot, never got to say goodbye, I didn't even get to stroke her for one last time. I'm trying to get over the fact that she won't be with me when I wake up tomorrow and I won't hear her squeak ever again.