RustyEyron
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Images of dead beardie in this post!!
So I'm 99% sure my beardie died yesterday, but rigamortis hasn't properly set in yet and it's been more than 24 hours so I just want extra confirmations on her death before I put her in the freezer D:
Yesterday about midday I found her on her back, wedged under one of her logs. It looked like she'd climbed onto a taller log at some point and slipped, then in trying to right herself had wedged herself into a small gap and gotten stuck. She's five and a half years old and always had this log setup so I think it was just a freak accident and I didn't get to her early enough in my morning checks, so she must have suffocated because she couldn't breathe on her back.
I just wanted to post these photos to check that this is what a dead beardie should look like, because she's my first dead beardie and is much floppier than rodents I've had die in the past :S
This is from when I found her yesterday (I opened her jaw to check her airways and then I think on reflex or gas release or something it opened further while I was taking the photo):
Then I left her in the cool end of her vivarium while I was out all day today, and came back to see if rigamortis had set in and this is what she's like (still pretty floppy, very soft stomach):
I'm pretty sure I'm just being overly paranoid, but better to be cautious than freeze her to death!
Also I am very upset and had a long cry last night, but right now I just need to deal with the situation and get facts rather than dwell on missing her.
Any advice on what to do with her body would be appreciated too, I thought I'd have a few more years to think about this. I have nowhere to bury her so do I get her cremated, taxidermy etc. ?
Thank you!
So I'm 99% sure my beardie died yesterday, but rigamortis hasn't properly set in yet and it's been more than 24 hours so I just want extra confirmations on her death before I put her in the freezer D:
Yesterday about midday I found her on her back, wedged under one of her logs. It looked like she'd climbed onto a taller log at some point and slipped, then in trying to right herself had wedged herself into a small gap and gotten stuck. She's five and a half years old and always had this log setup so I think it was just a freak accident and I didn't get to her early enough in my morning checks, so she must have suffocated because she couldn't breathe on her back.
I just wanted to post these photos to check that this is what a dead beardie should look like, because she's my first dead beardie and is much floppier than rodents I've had die in the past :S
This is from when I found her yesterday (I opened her jaw to check her airways and then I think on reflex or gas release or something it opened further while I was taking the photo):
Then I left her in the cool end of her vivarium while I was out all day today, and came back to see if rigamortis had set in and this is what she's like (still pretty floppy, very soft stomach):
I'm pretty sure I'm just being overly paranoid, but better to be cautious than freeze her to death!
Also I am very upset and had a long cry last night, but right now I just need to deal with the situation and get facts rather than dwell on missing her.
Any advice on what to do with her body would be appreciated too, I thought I'd have a few more years to think about this. I have nowhere to bury her so do I get her cremated, taxidermy etc. ?
Thank you!