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Post by Zorak on May 19, 2008 11:30:35 GMT -5
I'm still trying to figure out what happened. Last night when I went to check on Zorak I found him dead. Only a few hours earlier he was out and about looking around and appeared just fine. I gave him his food and he came over to lay down next to his bowl. That's where I found him 3 hours later.
I raised him since he was a baby 3 years ago. I'm so upset I couldn't sleep last night at all. It seems that ever since I moved to Arizona 2.5 months ago one thing after another went wrong with him. I apologize for posting here about it. But no one at home understands why I'm so upset about this. Everyone says oh it's just a lizard get another one. They just don't understand that I invested the past 3 years every day caring for him. I just needed to say this to people that may understand my feeling of loss.
Thanks for listening.
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Post by prismwolf on May 19, 2008 11:51:57 GMT -5
((HUGS))
I'm so sorry!! Reptiles are SO good at hiding illnesses. The only way to know what happened is to have a necropsy done. This would help you understand and offer some more insight on this species of ig for the veterinary community. Of course - this was your baby and it's always easier to say this than do.
No he's enjoying a perfect sun...:-(
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Post by starmanp on May 19, 2008 12:22:18 GMT -5
awww i'm sorry for your loss.. i know how you feel i came home one day and my dog got ahold of mine and i was so upset.. alot of people that dont have pets dont understand how we feel when we lose one :-( they are more then just pets there like our kids.....
he's basking in heaven
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Post by reptileluvva on May 20, 2008 4:50:07 GMT -5
im so sorry to hear about that any ideas yet ? i swear to many people say that about lizards and any animal. if anyone sas happened that to me about any of mine they probably need help once they said that about my gizmo when i thought i would have to put her down.i was like well if its best for her then i will do it.but when they said that omg.put it this way never heard from them again thankfully didn't/don't want to either. did your iggy eat any of the food before you found him,i mean is there any possibility he might of got something he shouldn't.don't take this the wrong way.i hope you havent? just i know it's happened with animals before and just wondered,im not saying you did anything so don't think that. just i know how it must be at the moment for you.how old is he.did you have him long
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Post by Zorak on May 21, 2008 13:21:14 GMT -5
I had him since he was 3 months old. I bought him from a breeder in New York. He was a little over 3 years old when he died. He hadn't eaten any of the food I put in for him that day. When I put his bowl in the cage he came over and laid down next to the bowl. Then when I came back 3 hours later he was still laying there but dead. Earlier in the day he had been running around in his cage being his normal self. He had been eating very well and didn't appear to be ill in any way. I don't think I'll ever know for sure what happened. All I do know is that I'll never own another lizard again. Nothing can replace him.
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Post by prismwolf on May 21, 2008 13:30:33 GMT -5
All I do know is that I'll never own another lizard again. Nothing can replace him. You're not supposed to try and replace him. You just redirect that set of emotions for something else that needs a home just like yours. You'll heal...you'll never forget...and you'll move on. And then another comes along to wrap around your heart again. You can't help it. It's simply your nature...:-)
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Post by ChamZilla on May 22, 2008 22:25:58 GMT -5
Sorry to hear that Zorak,
It has deffinatly been a hard go for you and your guys since you moved. Do you think you might get the necrospy done? It might be a good idea incase is was something wrong genetically with him that couldn't have been avoided. I'm sure it wasn't something YOU did with your care and things like that. Expecially if he didn't show ANY signs of being in pain, not eating, not drinking, not poop/peeing no mood change, no change in behaviour. So no one would have known any different.
I am sure you will miss him as well. But like Prisim said. We (animal people) have caring built right into our DNA and we can't help but let another animal into our hearts to offer love and friendship to. It will NEVER filll the spaces that past animals have made, they will just add new ones. You may get another when you are ready. It will take some time. Sorry for your loss once again. Hope things start looking up for you.
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Post by really on Jul 27, 2008 17:00:24 GMT -5
I feel so badly that I didn't post condolences -- or answer questions when you were writing a lot in April. I was so busy that I just wasn't posting much.
I do hope you don't give up on having another lizard! There is one out there who needs you!
I am so so sorry for your loss.
Susan
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