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[DragonBus]

Bonus!!!
I just found a hidden poo in the corner. I have some probiotics in the fridge. Ill consult the vet before administering some.
Back to the gout. Her ultrasound showed a white mass that did not have saclicke walls like an infection. Vet didnt know what it was. I bet it was a tophi. I wonder if the orange spots on her beard are tophi. You know how people get red spots on skin where tophi are....I also read other articles on this site about gout. Her symptoms sure are a good fit.

 

[DragonBus]

I found Hutch dead about 3-1/2 hours ago. Her mouth was full of vomit. I had just put her to bed about 9:20pm, went to bed about 10:20 and she was squirming, a bit overheated. I got up to check on her over am hour later and saw her with her nose jammed in the corner, laying over a branch which was odd and uncomfortable looking. I picked her up, thought I felt movement but realized she was caught on a branch, I moved her and when I put her down I thought she felt awful limp. I fixed her a syringe of water and when I picked her up to give it to her her mouth was agape with bannana filling it. I pulled it out and tried cpr for an hour, but judging from the dried vomit, she had stopped breathing for too long by the time I found her. Good bye my sweet baby girl.

 

[Fellowdt23]

 

[DragonBus]

She was the last of her clutch. This past year it's just been me and her. We had a wonderful summer, spending several hours a day in the sun. Towards the end she was always in pain and becoming weaker and weaker. Now she feels no pain.

 

[AHBD]

I'm really sorry that you lost Hutch. I know it was a roller coaster of many ups + downs, but it's good that she's out of her pain. I know you're devastated, my heart goes out to you.

 

[Derobmi]

I'm sorry you lost Hutch. :'(

 

[DragonBus]

I keep thinking back over the week before she died, I didnt give her any probiotic, or beuprenex, all sorts of things. I talked to one of her vets who said her body was shutting down, and I had done everything I could do to try to save her. She was a rag doll and all of her vets agreed it was very unusual to see a dragon so limp. I was basically keeping her on life support, doing everything for her around the clock. This is the first time in 15 years I have not had a reptile in my house. It seems very empty without her. She was the sweetest of all of the 8 bearded dragons (her parents and her clutch), and the one iguana that sterted my interest in herpitology. It's time for a break. They will forever live on in my heart.

 

[DragonBus]

It means so much to me to have all of the kind support from everyone on this site. It means more to me than you will ever know. Thank you so much everyone.
-Stephanie

 

[DragonBus]

I still have Fuzzy and Peekaboo in my freezer. I have not found a suitable place to bury them. Now as Hutch has joined them I find my freezer is full and a sense of urgency for a suitable and appropriate site . I just don't know yet....

 

[Derobmi]

Stephanie,

My Desmond died a few weeks ago. I don't have any place permanent for burials, either. My daughter wanted to have him cremated which is what I ended up doing. I looked online and found a place nearby that offers pet cremation. It wasn't expensive, only $40. I was surprised by how cathartic it was. They treated us as if we had lost a person, giving us a private room and condolences. When they took him away, I kissed him and let him go and then just sort of collapsed into tears. We got to bring him home right away - it took about 45 minutes. I ordered a box with a bearded dragon on it to be his urn. He's in a music box right now that plays "What a Wonderful World." I realize that cremation isn't for everybody but I had never even considered it because I thought it would be too expensive and weird. I just wanted to make sure you are aware of all your options.

Please, take care of yourself. You're in my thoughts.

Mary

 

[Esther19]

Oh Stephanie, I know how heart-wrenching this is for you. I wish there was something to say to help you feel better, but we know there isn't. The answer regarding appropriate care for those who have gone on will come to you. Sending hugs and positive thoughts your way, Esther

 

[DragonBus]

I feel so guilty. Her thermostat and several lights blew out, I had to manually adjust the heat and the temp got up to 115 for at least an hour or more. I discovered it, looked down at her and she raised her head, lpened her mouth like she does when shes in pain and wants me to hold her. I shut off the bask light and just looked at her and said: Is that better? I didn't pick her up or feel if she needed to be cooled down. She got too cold while I was soaking her and I figured she was ok. I was exhausted feeling sick after a flu shot and just wanted to go to ned. That was my last time to see her alive, my last chance to hold her. I feel like I killed her, although I know she would have moved to a cooler spot if she was hot. I felt this guilt when Peekaboo died, and I know it's normal, but it's still there and it still hurts.
Today I'm going to check out a burial site at the p ace we used to live when they were hatched, and the park and stream behind it where I first took them outside. It was beautiful and we had good timea there. I can bury the three of them there together again.

 

[DragonBus]

The week before Hutch died I told the vet she kept aspirating her food during force feeding, no matter how few drops I gave her. The vet said it was beczuse she was so weak. The night she died, about 7 or 8pm I was holding her and her whole head rattled as she would breathe. I went to bed and when I checked on her at 11:30 she was dead.
I wrestled with the whole aspiration head rattling issue these past weeks trying to understand what had happened. I may have found some answers. I belive what I had observed was Chene-Stokes, or what is otherwise known as a death rattle. This occurs when normal fluid collects in the back of the throat, but Hutch was too weak to clear hed throat and swallow it. This has oxcured in himans and cats . See Robert A. Monroe's book Ultimate Journey page 266 & 267. If I ever hear this breathing ever again I know it is the very end. Somehow this k.owledge makes me feel better about Hutch's passing. She had a prolonged illness and I did the best anyone could do in the face of possible cancer as that is likely what overcame her after seeing cancer looking cells under the microscope two weeks before she died.

 

[Esther19]

Hello, dear. I am glad you have your answers about Hutch's passing. Hopefully now you can focus on your happy memories of her and move past the guilt you felt. She was a very sick girl, who is now resting peacefully. You did everything you could for her, and she knew it. Sending big hugs, Esther

 

[DragonBus]

Hutch the day before she died. You can see she cannot support herself comfortably, and her reflection in the window shows her mouth opened with labored breathing.