DracoLord510
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I know I already posted a memorial for her, but I wanted to talk about my dragon, Lola, passing away yesterday. About two weeks ago, Lola laid a clutch of eggs, and afterwards lost a good amount of appetite. She was still eating worms and her veggies here and there, but her fat pads started shrinking so we tried to get her to eat chicken baby food, but she wouldn't take it. She threw up the water we gave her. We tried soaking her in the bath daily and misting her but nothing seemed to help. On Sunday, she seemed to be having problems holding on to her log, so we took her in to the vet who said she was very weak. They elected to give her calcium and vitamin shots and keep her in an incubator, but around 2:30 AM yesterday they called me to tell me my baby was gone.
I'm absolutely heartbroken over Lola's passing. She was a birthday present to me two years ago, and would have been 3 this year. She was always so happy and lively, and she got to stay in our room unlike any other pet we own. I am blaming myself for her death, and I don't know what to do with myself. We can't afford an autopsy, but we were able to bury her in our front yard so I can always visit her. I'm absolutely destroyed over this to the point I'm not functioning well and everyone but a few people don't understand how I could be so close to a lizard. But she was my baby. And I couldn't save her life.
Lola lived in a 45 gallon tank with sand substrate. She had a log at a 45* angle below her light, we used a Powersun UVB 100 watt for her, which her breeder (local breeder) recommended. Her basking spot was around 100 degrees and the cool side of the tank was around 80. She was fed crickets dusted with calcium powder every other day along with a salad of mixed greens, peppers, tomatoes, onions, and other treats like baby corn and pea pod.
I'm absolutely heartbroken over Lola's passing. She was a birthday present to me two years ago, and would have been 3 this year. She was always so happy and lively, and she got to stay in our room unlike any other pet we own. I am blaming myself for her death, and I don't know what to do with myself. We can't afford an autopsy, but we were able to bury her in our front yard so I can always visit her. I'm absolutely destroyed over this to the point I'm not functioning well and everyone but a few people don't understand how I could be so close to a lizard. But she was my baby. And I couldn't save her life.
Lola lived in a 45 gallon tank with sand substrate. She had a log at a 45* angle below her light, we used a Powersun UVB 100 watt for her, which her breeder (local breeder) recommended. Her basking spot was around 100 degrees and the cool side of the tank was around 80. She was fed crickets dusted with calcium powder every other day along with a salad of mixed greens, peppers, tomatoes, onions, and other treats like baby corn and pea pod.
There may be people who don't understand our grief over a " different" type of pet, but many of us that love our scaly pets understand that it's deep. You did nothing wrong.....reptile physiology + medicine is still not on par with that of dogs , cats, horses + other mammals. There's a possibility that she had more eggs in her or that one burst, causing possible peritonitis, or it may have been something altogether unrelated. Anyway, you loved her, did the best for her and my heart goes out to you. I know that shaky , unreal feeling after such a traumatic loss. Keep yourself together, grieve but don't isolate yourself. You'll get through this.
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