RIP Mojito

[chelvis]

I am absoluted gutted! I came home last night to fine Mojito's food bowl still full. That was not normal. I found her curled upside down in the corner of the cage. She was limp and still warm but she was gone. Filling her belly it was full and a hard object could be felt. I did open her up to fine a long piece of cypress mulch had perferaded her gut.

I had just got done playing with her 24 hours before. She seemed fine and bright eyed. She ate that day before and seemed to be pooping normally.

I still can't beilive it. She was so amazing. Great to handle and calming down so well. I will miss her dearly.

 

[BOOSTFEEN]

R.I.P Mojito!!!! I'm really sorry for your lose. I know times like these aren't easy.

 

[chitodadon]

Sorry for your loss how old was your gu

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[Little Wise Owl]

That's awful ): I'm sorry for your loss. I keep hearing awful things about cypress mulch...

 

[tupinambisfamiliaris]

Very sorry to hear that, man. It's an awful feeling to find an animal that you do everything in your power to keep healthy dead. For over 10 years, all I ever wanted was a beautiful baby orange-headed dumeril's monitor. I found a great cbb hatch some years back. I was so proud of it. I fed it exclusively on crab and crayfish. Spared no expense. Then, after 3 years of great growth and success, I found him dead of an impaction. Horrible. I've been there and it's IMO much worse than losing a sick or old animal. By all I've read from you here, you're one hell of a conscientious keeper, so don't be too hard on yourself.

I feel like impactions (if that's what this was) and ingestion of substrate are the most common reason for premature deaths in tegus. I'm no expert, but in my time keeping and talking to others here, it seems like the one constant boondoggle.

I generally feed whole prey to my blue almost exclusively. Large mice and dubias are about all he gets anymore. He does great on this diet and there seems to be a much lower risk of impactions. EVERY SINGLE TEGU I've owned (3) that I've fed ground meat mixed to loves to drag the mush out of the bowl and fling it all over the substrate, the commence with the feeding. I suppose you either feed supervised out of cage, feed whole prey, or assume the responsibility of helicopter feeding so you can pull mulch out of the lizard's mouth throughout the meal. Just my opinion.

Once again, sorry for your loss, Chelvis. Non-keepers will never understand what you're going through, but we do.

 

[Deac77]

I'm so sorry! I was so excited for you with her!! You're. Awesome keeper and this just sucks

 

[Aardbark]

Im sorry for your loss. My heart is dearly with you.

 

[Dubya]

I am very sorry for your loss. I got rid of the cypress mulch from Gwangi's cage months ago because I was afraid that would happen with the big pieces.

 

[chelvis]

Thanks all for the kind words. I was using eco-earth but its kept molding on me so I mixed in come cypress mulch to try and help hold a borrow better and stop some of the molding. Man this just really sucks. It has made me realize that I am lucky to still gave Bosco around.

 

[laurarfl]

I'm so very sorry. I know that is really a heartbreaking feeling.

 

[bwiegmann]

o no.... I'm so sorry, she was beautiful

 

[TeguBuzz]

Sorry for your loss bro, I know how it feels and it's pretty heart wrenching.

 

[chriswizz]

sorry for your loss m8.

 

[dragonmetalhead]

I am so sorry. Feel better soon. Rest in peace Mojito, you will be missed.

 

[scubabob32]

So sorry for your loss.

 

[lauraj1055]

I'm new to this forum, but my heart goes out to you. I lost my bearded dragon from cancer at the age of 2. It was awful. I just bought reptile bark for my new Cuban Rock Iguana I'm getting, and now this post just made me really nervous. I never use any substrate for my dragons, but I know I need it for my iguana for humidity. What else could be used? Once again, so sorry!

 

[KSTAR]

Sorry for your lose