Zilla RIP 3/2/14 : Started a new thread for Sid!

Hi all. Never in a million years did I think I'd get so excited about a lizard pooping in his bath before. Lol

I want to potty train him, so I'm super excited. He's only ever pooped i the tub once. I was hoping today was the day since its Saturday, since he hasn't pooped in about a week and since he ate about 14 supers for breakfast. Yay!!!!!

What a nice birthday present. For him. Lol. He's a year old roughly right around now.

 

[sweetiepie9]

I just messaged you about how to get all the liquid out of his lungs. You have to hold him straight up, hold his back end & tail so it doesn't whip around, then open his mouth & let all the liquid drain out. If Richard is home, can he hold him up? His butt has to be straight up in the air, so all the liquid can drain out. Zilla won't like it, but it has to be done. He'll get worse if he's just lying down at an angle. So do that right away, k?

And tell me again what's in the slurry?

 

[sweetiepie9]

I just got off the phone with Brenda and Zilla passed away today. She asked me to made a post for her, she's very sad right now, as it's been a long haul with him being so ill. Rest in Peace Zilla, you're on Rainbow Bridge with all the lost beardies, healthy & playing again, watching over your Mom and Dad.

 

[Heisenberg]

Oh Brenda I am so very sorry.

 

[diamc]

I'm so sorry to hear about Zilla passing away. You certainly tried everything you possibly could.

R.I.P. Zilla

 

[AHBD]

Brenda, I'm so, so sorry about your boy Zilla. You tried so hard to help him , and I know that you are devastated. This is so traumatic, my heart truly goes out to you....all my sympathy to you !

 

[zandi202]

I am so sorry for your loss. Just do your best to remember all the good times you had with him. Love you. Take care.

 

[Esther19]

I am so sorry to hear of Zilla's passing. You all did the very best you could. He was just too sick to fight any more. Sending big hugs your way.

 

[Goonie]

I am so very sorry, Brenda. You were a wonderful and loving mom to Zilla, and he loved you right back with all his might. Please don't ever forget that.

 

[beardie parents]

I'm sorry to hear about Zilla. All of us that have lost beardies know how much it hurts to loose them. I send sincere sympathies. I believe he held on as long as he could because he knew how much you loved him. They know when we love them, even when we do something they are irritated with us about (squirt more so than Rosie).

 

[hoopyscoop]

Oh no, I'm so sorry.. R.I.P Zilla, you were loved, little man.

 

[athenacp]

Oh no! I am so so sorry...RIP Zilla

 

[BrendaKay]

Thank you every body. Geez this was so hard, I bawled like a baby all day. I can't believe he's gone. I didn't sleep at all last night but went to work early so I didn't have to keep walking by his dark tank. Got home late, and here I am blubbering again. I have no idea what happened, and will never know, but I've been thinking about it, and re read his whole thread for some clues. I actually think he may have been sick the better part of a year perhaps. Granted, he was my first dragon, so I was still learning everything, but I felt he semi brumated last winter, but never really came out of it. He never ever ate like he did as a juvenile, would not even LOOK at his favorite foods and would mainly only eat superworms and a couple bites of salad some times.

He perked up some towards the end of his shots recently, but the last few days he barely had any energy to even eat. I watched recent videos of him, and when he walked, he took a couple steps but didn't raise his belly up off the floor of the tank and would lay down after just a few steps. His last couple feedings were strange too. Like he was just to weak to eat/swallow. We think the soar on his tongue was back too.

So, all in all, I think he was sicker than I allowed myself to believe. At least now he is not hurting. I am having him cremated so that I'll always have him. I laid him gently on his beloved stuffed teddy bear, wrapped him in one of his blankies, and that is how he will be cremated. Forever with that bear he loved.

He was so sweet, I will miss him terribly. Ok, I'm bawling again.

Thank you all, again, for your kind words.

I'll probably lay low here for a little while, but I won't leave the site. I feel it in my heart that I will be loving another beardie someday soon. And although I don't really 'know' you all, I feel over the last year or so that I've gotten to 'know' some of you.

Talk to you soon. And feel free to friend me on Facebook as well.

 

[Goonie]

Take all the time you need to grieve for Zilla. Don't force yourself to "get over it", because you'll just end up hating yourself. If this means staying away from this site for awhile, then do it. Whatever you have to do to allow your heart to accept what had happened and heal from it, we'll all understand.

Hugs.

 

[beardie parents]

You will miss Zilla for as long as you are alive. Some day soon you will remember his antics and all the fun times you had with him. I still miss our first two girls, best friends Miss O and Miss Y. Miss Y was ornery and Miss O had a need to be loved. I don't know about you, but with us, it helped to get another beardie to love. When we got Speedy Goldie, Redrock died about 2.5 to 3 weeks after that. We missed her so much that we got Rosie at the end of September that year. We've recently noticed that Rosie has the same pattern on her back that Redrock did. Also, their chins are the same shape, except Redrock's was longer than Rosie's is.

 

[sweetiepie9]

It's going to take time to grieve and we'll be here when you come back. Take care. I'm glad to hear he'll be cremated with his teddy & blanket, too. RIP Zilla, you are still much loved & will never be forgotten.