- Beardie name(s)
- Charlie
I checked her again this morning to confirm she was gone. I had turned off her lights and heat and wrapped her in a tea towel last night. Her color doesn't look very different, her fat pads still are there.. beard partially dark, she's fairly stiff though, i turned her onto her back to see if she would move, and she was completely still and lifeless.
She looks like she's sleeping- she looks graceful, but her eyes are very sunken in, her tail and spine are fixed in the position she was in when she finally laid herself to rest yesterday. I'm not sure how long rigor mortis takes but i would definitely say there is some there. I have called a service to ring me back for the process to have her cremated. I'll be ringing the vet once they open to cancel her booking today.
I'm so heartbroken. I've had other pets before, I've had cats, dogs, horses, birds, fish.. while all of them were special in their own way, NO pet has ever made me feel the love ive felt for these dragons.
My husband and i separated last year, he kept our male dragon and Taro was all i had. I dreaded the thought that something would ever happen to her in my care. The unconditional companionship and comfort she gave me will never be forgotten.
When my husband first brought home our male dragon a few years ago, i was furious because i didnt want any more pets. But this experience changed me. We went to the same reptile breeder because he wanted a spider, and we ended up taking Taro home instead. I insisted we take her, because i said "Oscar has brought us so much happiness, this second dragon will just bring us double happiness"
And she really did. She was so unique and full of personality. What they say about no two dragons being similar is so true. I will never have another Taro again.
I am no longer a beardie mummy now and I'm not sure if I ever will be one again. Taro can never be replaced, and this pain is just too much.
She looks like she's sleeping- she looks graceful, but her eyes are very sunken in, her tail and spine are fixed in the position she was in when she finally laid herself to rest yesterday. I'm not sure how long rigor mortis takes but i would definitely say there is some there. I have called a service to ring me back for the process to have her cremated. I'll be ringing the vet once they open to cancel her booking today.
I'm so heartbroken. I've had other pets before, I've had cats, dogs, horses, birds, fish.. while all of them were special in their own way, NO pet has ever made me feel the love ive felt for these dragons.
My husband and i separated last year, he kept our male dragon and Taro was all i had. I dreaded the thought that something would ever happen to her in my care. The unconditional companionship and comfort she gave me will never be forgotten.
When my husband first brought home our male dragon a few years ago, i was furious because i didnt want any more pets. But this experience changed me. We went to the same reptile breeder because he wanted a spider, and we ended up taking Taro home instead. I insisted we take her, because i said "Oscar has brought us so much happiness, this second dragon will just bring us double happiness"
And she really did. She was so unique and full of personality. What they say about no two dragons being similar is so true. I will never have another Taro again.
I am no longer a beardie mummy now and I'm not sure if I ever will be one again. Taro can never be replaced, and this pain is just too much.