Tragic news. MasterBlaster is dead..
He was getting a bit lathargic, not eating much.. Then he just sort of stop showing interest altogether. I began to get worried as he moved less and less. Then today he was making sort of convulsions and I get really really concerned. He stopped not too long later and his legs sort of sprawled out and he quit moving entirley, cept maybe a twitch. I could tell he was goin out, so I left him be. I checked back a few minutes later and the crickets I had for him to eat had begun to move in to eat at his body. I knew right then he was dead, so I moved em off and checked his body out for any odd signs.
Afterwards, I had a really good feeling it was Red Leg. He had all the symptoms of it, and it was a very rapid onset of them. And there were small red blotches on his legs, however those didn't show up until near the end. There were more on the underside, but I only saw those after he died. I didn't want to disturb him in his final moments when I knew I couldn't help it anyhow.
It's quite sad.. this is the first pet I fully owned on my own, and he dies quite quickly. The only thing that makes me feel even a little better is hearing that red leg is quite common. I'm not sure what may have caused it, however I read temperature can cause it, which may be the case, as temperature fluxations where one thing I was never able to perfectly manage. But I kept his tank nice and clean, so I don't think there was a significant presence of bacteria.
I just finally got my lisence today, so things were lookin pretty good. But now this. Talk about a day-killer..