Death in the family

I have had a death in the family. My Black Tailed Cribo Loki Passed earlier tonight. He was battling an infection that he got from a mouse that chewed a hole in him. It is a sad sad sad day for me. I was pretty distraught when i saw that he was no longer moving. I guess this is a lesson learned though. Make certain the mouse is dead/ate preferably both. He is sorely missed as the main attraction here in our home. So I am blowing up a poster of him and having it framed. i will remember him fondly. He was a rescue. His previous owners had neglected him and kept him in wire cage causing him to have a nasty nose rub where he almost completely wore it back to his teeth. He had completely recovered from that to full health only to meet his fate at the hands of his dinner. Rest in piece my friend.

I forgot to mention that at the time of his passing he was 6'8" a VERY big boy. I miss him so much.

Awwwww, sorry to hear.

He was a beauty.

What's worse is that I wasn't even home. I was on my way home from Japan. It was someone else who fed him and wasn't paying attention.

I am sorry to hear! At least you gave him a better life then he had. And you obviously took great care of him for him to be that big of a boy!

sorry for your loss.

I am very sorry to hear of your loss, Jason,

Losing a Dry is akin to losing a dog, as they are intelligent animals and it's easy for keepers of such to develop bonds with their charges. This I know from personal experience and there really are no words to beguile the grief of such a loss...
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Jeff