A horrible week. Cape Breton got hit with one of the worst ice/wind storms in over 50 years for this region. It knocked out power to several homes for over 4 days, including my own. I was able to get myself, my wife, and our three dogs to safety in a nearby town that did have power. Our roof suffered damage in a few places which needs fixing as winter is still going strong here right now.

My entire breeding colony of Brown Mantellas unfortunately died. The six adults, the six froglets and 3 tadpoles all gone. The internal temp gauge recorded that at one point the temp was -8 inside the habitat. Several of the tropical plants suffered damage. Very sad. With the repairs that need to be done to the house I may not be able to restart my mission to develop a stable breeding colony for the time being, if at all. This situation has left me feeling a bit defeated right now. ugh. Have left the habitat up and running for the time being as it somehow feels wrong to shut it down just yet. Some of the plants seem to be perking up a little bit. Miss seeing them inside.