kessa
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Post by kessa on Feb 28, 2006 13:47:58 GMT -5
:'(I am very very sorry to say that we lost barney Feb.20th.  when i got up at 4:30 that morning he was laying in the bottom of his cage like always. his eyes were open so i went to pick him up and he didn't move, he was warm and i thought maybe he was asleep with his eyes open. when i went to get him out of the cage he didn't fight like normal and so i knew something was wrong, when he had no response and i noticed he wasn't breathing i called the vet and rushed him in but it was just to late. Dr.Kendrick said there was nothing that he could do to bring him back. so far the test results that have came back have all showed no sign of infection or anything. the only thing that we have been able to come up with is that he starved him self to death or just got so severely depressed he didn't want to go on. :'(Barney will be greatly missed, it has been very hard the last few weeks, i had myself on a set schedule for him to take the best care possible. i still get up every morning and go into the den where his cage was and start to do my morning routine and then it hits me hes no longer with me.with him gone there is a very big empty space not only in my heart but in my daily life. i will never forget the crazy times that i had with him or how much he made me see things more clearly. to me he wasn't a pet but part of my family and i miss him more than i can try to explain. may he rest in peace. |
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Post by Marie on Feb 28, 2006 15:34:31 GMT -5
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Post by ChamZilla on Feb 28, 2006 15:53:56 GMT -5
Kessa,
I am very sorry to hear of your loss of Barney. I know he was a great friend and family member to you. Just remember he will always be in your heart and love you for all the things you did for him. We will all miss hearing stories and seeing pictures of him. We all wish we could control the times when god wants an angel to be by his side, but we need to let them go and know that they are in a better place on the other side of the bridge. He will meet up with you again one day and he will always have a place in your heart.
Hopefully Marie is right and there may be a place in your heart for another ig some day. No one could replace Barney, but I'm sure he would be proud to see you take care of another ig the way you took great care of him.
You and your family are in my thoughts
Take Care,
Stephanie
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Post by Patrick Kubeja on Feb 28, 2006 22:12:51 GMT -5
Hello Kessa It is a sad day to here of another iggy passing to the other side and ending up in iggy heaven this is a sad day indeed I am Sorry for your loss and Barney will be dearly missed. And I know what you mean about a routine it is a hard thing to break. I will be thinking of Barney as he was part of this Forums family and everyone here will miss him dearly. I am So Sorry Patrick |
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Post by bcshepard on Mar 1, 2006 13:21:30 GMT -5
Sorry to hear for your loss of Barney. Loosing an iguana is like loosing a child.. Its a terrible feeling. I do hope you feel better soon.  I'm sure Barney is looking down at you from up there in Iggy heaven saying "thank you" for everything you did for him. |
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kessa
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Post by kessa on Mar 2, 2006 8:14:34 GMT -5
thank you all for the kind words. with the moving and barney being sick it has been hard to get on here and now with him leaving its going to be even harder. right now i have no plans for getting another iggy, brad keeps telling me that he thinks that would be the best thing for me to do but i just dont know right now if i have the heart to start over with one. it was so very satifing to see how he had grown with the right diet and housing. i never thought our move would stree him that bad. i tried everything that i could think of even kept him in the same cage even though we had set up a double closet in our room for him. i didnt want to move him untill he was better. we left his what became little green bear in this home with him, didnt change the food or water bowls other than to clean them and tried to keep everything as close to the same as possible.  i couldnt just leave him at the vets office after all i had went threw with him so i brought him back home and burried him in the garden with his bear and a few pictures. you are right it has been just as bad if it were one of my human children. its going to take some time to get over loosing him. i havent wanted to move his cage or take down the one we built in our room, its like if i do it it will probley make it easier to let go but at the same time i fell like if i do than i'm going to loose all the memoires too and i dont want to do that. have any of you ever lost one? if so how can i make it easier to not forget but move on? any suggestions will be greatly appricated |
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Post by Marie on Mar 2, 2006 9:39:58 GMT -5
Well I have lost 2 iguanas. Lady who was technically my first iguana. She died after a spaying operation and abcess removal in 98 and then I lost Sampson in January of 2004. I think I handled it because I had my other iguanas that I had to care for--Baby & Dragon. I had thought I missed having a male iuana and adopted Huff the end of October 2004. Realized later it was that I missed Sampson specifically. Huff is nothing like Sampson in personality and I had to get used to that. Now he has found his own place in my heart.
Just a little over a year ago I thought I was going to lose Baby and Dragon and I was in such a panic. I had just started posting on GIS and here. I think that helped me get me through it. I now realize though I probably won't have Dragon and Baby too many years more. I think that is part of the reason I am so insistent on having this enclosure built for them--Huff could stay in his room a few years more. I guess te enclosure is not only to give them something nicer but to kind of deny that they probably won't be with me much longer. It is really not economically practical to have it built. It's more for me than them. If I didn't have Huff I think it would be way too hard when they go also.
So it may or may not help you to adopt another iguana.. No iguana will ever replace Barney in your heart but maybe another could fill the void left behind. Well I hope some of this helped. No matter if you decide to get another iguana or not you still a member of this family here.
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Post by ChamZilla on Mar 2, 2006 22:36:20 GMT -5
Kessa, I still feel for you in your loss of Barney. I haven't lost an ig yet as I just got into them a little over a year and a month ago. I have lost many other pets and members of my family. When I lost Flick last August (my veiled chameleon who I had for 6 years) (his death is posted in the chameleon part of this board) my heart broke. I thought for sure I wouldn't be able to take care of my female chameleon and was ready to get rid of her. But it actually helped me get over his death. Every animal is different and takes up a piece of your heart, but even if we get a new pet, it doesn't ever fill the space that you have for the lost one. It does help to deal with the death though. You will always remember Barney, things someone says, or another animal does will remind you of happy times that you shared together. It is actually great to have another animal to confide in and talk to, I tell Sweet Pea (my female Chameleon) that Flick used to do that, or Flick would want you to be nice to me. All kinds of things. I am very attached to RZ and I will be heartbroken when she pass's also. Even after a few months of having her and her weight plummited and I thought for sure she was dying, I was very sad for her. I wanted her to live a happy and full life, a proper one. I'm sure it would probably help you to help another ig. I am a very helping person and if I'm not caring for something or someone, I don't feel like a great person. We all have the ability to help animals and eachother but if its not in us it isn't. You seem like a very caring kind of person. I really think that Barney miss's you and appreciates all the great things you did for him. I think that you should give yourself a few weeks to adjust and see if you would really want another animal to care for. I'm sure you'll be happy either way some day. I think it may just help to get another ig. Even if it is from a baby or a rescue. I hope you guys are doing ok and we are all here for you if you need to talk. We appreciate all the support you have given some of us and the advice for others. We would really miss if you didn't come to this board anymore. Do what is right in your heart, wouldn't hurt to go in a petstore to have a look around and see what your heart feels. Good luck either way, Steph |
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Post by debbie on Mar 3, 2006 21:07:04 GMT -5
Kessa, I am so sorry to hear that you have lost Barney. I know that you will miss him dearly. But always remember all of the times that you had with Barney and I hope that that will ease your mind just a little and be some comfort to you. God bless you and you are in our thoughts and prayers. Debbie Iggy Bam-Bam and Miss Zak |
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when i got up at 4:30 that morning he was laying in the bottom of his cage like always. his eyes were open so i went to pick him up and he didn't move, he was warm and i thought maybe he was asleep with his eyes open. when i went to get him out of the cage he didn't fight like normal and so i knew something was wrong, when he had no response and i noticed he wasn't breathing i called the vet and rushed him in but it was just to late. Dr.Kendrick said there was nothing that he could do to bring him back. so far the test results that have came back have all showed no sign of infection or anything. the only thing that we have been able to come up with is that he starved him self to death or just got so severely depressed he didn't want to go on.
I'm sure Barney is looking down at you from up there in Iggy heaven saying "thank you" for everything you did for him. 
