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Sorry, this has been one of the most awful weeks of my life. Between Aurene's heartbreaking passing and my father being rushed to the emergency room, the usual stresses have been overwhelming. That's where the only actual good news comes in: Anachronos is "fine." That is to say, the vet(s)...

Last night my baby girl breathed her last in the back of my hand as she reached out and gasped to take in some air. Before these last couple weeks, my angel was also my rock of stability; between the boy who has had some form or another of a health condition and the new human baby we brought...

I had an update planned to give you. But about half an hour ago, Aurene walked weakly over to the corner of her cage and had a spasm, then began gasping for each breath. She died on my hand as I tried to give her a little relief as she breathed. Her appointment was tomorrow morning at 10:00am...

And I just came home from work and noticed Aurene is bleeding from her mouth with an almost dime-sized puddle on her floor. It looks like she did some kind of damage to her gums, will post a photo later, but I have just enough time to write this message while I wait for my ride to take her to...

Anachronos had his hidey-hole upgraded from a too-small archway (he's a big boy) to an actual box which he loves, so I haven't been able to check his mouth much but the time I did it looks much better, so I guess he is healing it on his own? His eye just recently shed, too (just his eye), and...

Yeah, I was surprised to say the least. I haven't been able to check on him too much this week since he's in full rest mode and brumating in his box, but I suppose if everything holds that means his mouth with have plent of time to just heal on its own. Now while I wait to sort out an...

Update: Anachronos had his visit with the animal ophthalmologist and they determined that while he's definitely favouring the eye she could see no issue that would point to the retina being anything less than healthy and what it should be looking like. She determined that whatever is causing him...