Well...this sucks guys 
and for the record I've been debating on posting this here or not since I feel really bad and I'm not sure if I could have prevented this or not, but...anyway
Well the little Tangerine Rainwater I bought from Mel at Concrete Jungle Geckos back in February has passed away.
It happened a few weekends ago, I went to Dallas for a four day weekend (I live about 2hrs away) since I was getting my wisdom teeth removed and my dad wanted me to stay there in Frisco with him for the weekend while I recovered a bit. I left the girls, Kaida my Mack Snow and little Leonith the Tang Rainwater, as I've done before, with water and a couple mealies just so that they'd have a snack to hold them over for the weekend. The lights and UTHs are on a timer so all that was cool, I remember I was a little late for my appointment because I spent the better part of 30 minutes making sure everything was alright with them before I left. They've been fine this way before so I figured everything would be good.
I came home on Sunday and immediately went to check on them. I remember why I was so quick to check on them too! Before I left I'd noticed Leonith had a little shed stuck to the toes on her right hind leg and I didn't have time to help her out before I left on Thursday morning, so I made SURE her moist hide was good to go before I left, so when I got back that was the first thing I was going to do was go help her get that shed off of her toes. When I walked in I remember looking at her worm dish and seeing the little rim/lid thing askew and thinking "goodness what on Earth has she done?" and then I spotted her. She was upsidedown curled inside the worm dish!
I have NO idea if she got in it after a worm and somehow flipped herself over and freaked and broke something or what. I'm not sure about that because they are pretty flexible right? But then I realized that compared to how she used to be she'd been hiding out more often over the past month, but I guess I didn't think much about it because she never lost any weight and she was still eating. I'm not sure if she somehow impacted herself or what, that's what's been troubling me the most. I have NO idea what happened to her poor girl!
Sadly little Leonith is no longer with us, but she sure was a blast while she was around. A little golden ball of personality, I'll miss her, I just hope that I didn't do something wrong. I think she was a little over a year old so from what I've gathered she should have lived much longer. *sigh*
At least she's in a better place now, and Kaida is doing fine, still lively, eating and shedding fine (never had shedding problems with Kaida, at least not so far), all of her body functions are fine, she's maintaining a nice weight, and she's out of her hides almost every night and at times during the day. So hopefully she's good, and if not well then I'll know what to do to help her after Saturday. I'm taking her to the vet on Saturday to make SURE that there was nothing weird going on with Leonith that might have spread to Kaida. I'm on a round the clock poop watch since they told me that in order to do a fecal I'll have to bring in a sample. Even though I made sure not to cross contaminate stuff I still want to be sure that Kaida will be alright. She's helped me through the loss of Leonith a lot and I don't want to loose her.
Well, I hope Leonith is at peace now, maybe she'll be our little gecko guardian angel and keep a look out for Kaida and any other geckos I might get.
I just hope I didn't do anything wrong, I'm so stumped as to what might have happened to her. Maybe I'll read through my Gecko books again and see if I can figure anything out on my own, and I can ask the vet, he might know.
and for the record I've been debating on posting this here or not since I feel really bad and I'm not sure if I could have prevented this or not, but...anyway
Well the little Tangerine Rainwater I bought from Mel at Concrete Jungle Geckos back in February has passed away.
It happened a few weekends ago, I went to Dallas for a four day weekend (I live about 2hrs away) since I was getting my wisdom teeth removed and my dad wanted me to stay there in Frisco with him for the weekend while I recovered a bit. I left the girls, Kaida my Mack Snow and little Leonith the Tang Rainwater, as I've done before, with water and a couple mealies just so that they'd have a snack to hold them over for the weekend. The lights and UTHs are on a timer so all that was cool, I remember I was a little late for my appointment because I spent the better part of 30 minutes making sure everything was alright with them before I left. They've been fine this way before so I figured everything would be good.
I came home on Sunday and immediately went to check on them. I remember why I was so quick to check on them too! Before I left I'd noticed Leonith had a little shed stuck to the toes on her right hind leg and I didn't have time to help her out before I left on Thursday morning, so I made SURE her moist hide was good to go before I left, so when I got back that was the first thing I was going to do was go help her get that shed off of her toes. When I walked in I remember looking at her worm dish and seeing the little rim/lid thing askew and thinking "goodness what on Earth has she done?" and then I spotted her. She was upsidedown curled inside the worm dish!
I have NO idea if she got in it after a worm and somehow flipped herself over and freaked and broke something or what. I'm not sure about that because they are pretty flexible right? But then I realized that compared to how she used to be she'd been hiding out more often over the past month, but I guess I didn't think much about it because she never lost any weight and she was still eating. I'm not sure if she somehow impacted herself or what, that's what's been troubling me the most. I have NO idea what happened to her
poor girl! Sadly little Leonith is no longer with us, but she sure was a blast while she was around. A little golden ball of personality, I'll miss her, I just hope that I didn't do something wrong. I think she was a little over a year old so from what I've gathered she should have lived much longer. *sigh*
At least she's in a better place now, and Kaida is doing fine, still lively, eating and shedding fine (never had shedding problems with Kaida, at least not so far), all of her body functions are fine, she's maintaining a nice weight, and she's out of her hides almost every night and at times during the day. So hopefully she's good, and if not well then I'll know what to do to help her after Saturday. I'm taking her to the vet on Saturday to make SURE that there was nothing weird going on with Leonith that might have spread to Kaida. I'm on a round the clock poop watch since they told me that in order to do a fecal I'll have to bring in a sample. Even though I made sure not to cross contaminate stuff I still want to be sure that Kaida will be alright. She's helped me through the loss of Leonith a lot and I don't want to loose her.
Well, I hope Leonith is at peace now, maybe she'll be our little gecko guardian angel and keep a look out for Kaida and any other geckos I might get.
I just hope I didn't do anything wrong, I'm so stumped as to what might have happened to her. Maybe I'll read through my Gecko books again and see if I can figure anything out on my own, and I can ask the vet, he might know.
