Pépé is dead

[tingel]

Pépé was the smallest of my three guinea pigs. He was really cute and the most cuddly of them. But he always a bit sickly, didn't eat as much as the others. Normally guinea pigs walk on their toes. But Pépé walked on his whole foot. Which led to painful inflammations in his joints. He hadn't been well for some time now. I took him to a veterinary once. But he could only prescribe some painkillers. They didn't help much. In the middle of last night Pépé had a seizure and collapsed to this side. He made these sounds like a sobbing child. There was nothing I could do. I don't have a car to take him to an all-night vet. For a moment I considered letting him lie till morning hoping he'd be dead. Coward. In the end I fetched a plastic bag, put it over his head and grapped his throat tight till he died. I couldn't break his neck even if it had been faster.