NolaBillie
New Member
Hello all,
Sad that this is my first post here (after enjoying many of your posts for the last three months), and it's to mourn our little red foot Uno.
We came back from vacation in late August (the torts had stayed with a friend while we were away) and after picking them up, I noticed Uno was _very_ lethargic... got him in to a good herp. vet the next morning. She kept him for a week. I was hopeful when she said she could go home, but she told me it didn't look great. He was so little, and she thought he'd developed MBD.
I worked with him a lot in the last week and a half - lots of outside time, lots of soaks. He was eating, pooping, and gaining weight. I thought it was all on the up - until Saturday. He was basking too much, then not moving. Suddenly he wasn't walking upright in his shell, falling forward. Then Sunday and Monday he didn't eat, and I sort of realized it may be because he's in pain.
I took him back to the vet today, and we euthanized him. He was only with us since May, but I'm sure you guys know how I felt. Here's to Uno. He loved soaks, outside time, and oddly enough little garden snails. I was shocked the first time I saw him snatch one of those up.
Sad that this is my first post here (after enjoying many of your posts for the last three months), and it's to mourn our little red foot Uno.
We came back from vacation in late August (the torts had stayed with a friend while we were away) and after picking them up, I noticed Uno was _very_ lethargic... got him in to a good herp. vet the next morning. She kept him for a week. I was hopeful when she said she could go home, but she told me it didn't look great. He was so little, and she thought he'd developed MBD.
I worked with him a lot in the last week and a half - lots of outside time, lots of soaks. He was eating, pooping, and gaining weight. I thought it was all on the up - until Saturday. He was basking too much, then not moving. Suddenly he wasn't walking upright in his shell, falling forward. Then Sunday and Monday he didn't eat, and I sort of realized it may be because he's in pain.
I took him back to the vet today, and we euthanized him. He was only with us since May, but I'm sure you guys know how I felt. Here's to Uno. He loved soaks, outside time, and oddly enough little garden snails. I was shocked the first time I saw him snatch one of those up.
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