Today we had to put our beloved Bacardi to sleep. He's only a year old. We have only had him for about two months.
He suffered from very bad MBD. Two weeks ago he got a prolapse. The vet helped us with that and he got better. Then we moved him to his real enclosure he could hardly walk... =(
So yeah, it was a bad MBD, the risk of the prolapse to return was big and he had also broken BOTH his forearms. Just from living in a box with nothing more than a moist towel and a water bowl. He was in really bad shape.
The chances of him recovering from this was slim. And even if he got better he would probably never be able to live a normal life. And the whole recovery would be a long and painful process.
We decided ti put him to sleep. We don't want him to suffer anymore.
We will really miss him, even thu we only known him for two months.
Bacardi had a lot of energy. He wanted to be in all different places at once. He was much more brave than Whisky, our other Tegu but he hated baths. He used to sneak out of the enclosure and explore the sofa once the door was open.
I was really looking forward seeing him grow up. But I'm happy for the little time we had together. Feels like he have been here for a long time.
I will really miss you my friend...
A small tribute:
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He suffered from very bad MBD. Two weeks ago he got a prolapse. The vet helped us with that and he got better. Then we moved him to his real enclosure he could hardly walk... =(
So yeah, it was a bad MBD, the risk of the prolapse to return was big and he had also broken BOTH his forearms. Just from living in a box with nothing more than a moist towel and a water bowl. He was in really bad shape.
The chances of him recovering from this was slim. And even if he got better he would probably never be able to live a normal life. And the whole recovery would be a long and painful process.
We decided ti put him to sleep. We don't want him to suffer anymore.
We will really miss him, even thu we only known him for two months.
Bacardi had a lot of energy. He wanted to be in all different places at once. He was much more brave than Whisky, our other Tegu but he hated baths. He used to sneak out of the enclosure and explore the sofa once the door was open.
I was really looking forward seeing him grow up. But I'm happy for the little time we had together. Feels like he have been here for a long time.
I will really miss you my friend...
A small tribute:
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