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RIP Sammy :(
My red-eyed tree frog passed away. I'm so bummed.
I got him about a month ago. I noticed last Tuesday that he was starting to look a little "off." I took him to the vet on Wednesday. The little turd acted just fine! The vet said that he looked good. I took him back but I still had the feeling something wasn't right. He wasn't eating and would not respond to any food.
I took him out of his terranium on Saturday and put him in a kritter keeper. I tried desperately to find another vet (the one I had taken him to wasn't available...) but there wasn't any that was willing to treat him.. He would look ok at some points, climbing around the keeper, soaking and I just tried to leave him alone. I knew he wasn't well.
On Tuesday he looked so bad, I called the vets office and my vet was there. I was asking about getting him euthanized since I thought he was suffering. The vet didn't think he was and said that he could put him on an antibiotic. I went ahead and picked it up although I thought that it was too late. At least I would have it in case Isabel started to get sickly. I gave him one dose. That night, when I was going to bed I saw that he was trying to climb on his leaves and fell backward. His hands were clasped. I flipped him back over, put him in a dark room and left him alone. He was gone by mo rning.
I'm so sad. I really loved that little guy. He had such a personality! I'm really going to miss him. I really wish that I knew more about what to do for him when he was so sick. I also wish my vet didn't say "Yeah, I guess I should have given him antibiotics when you brought him in on Wednesday..." Yea, ya think? I told him he wasn't eating and there was something wrong. Anyways, that's the story of Sammy.
We buried him yesterday in the park near the bullfrogs.I made him a little coffin from a bracelet box. I crocheted him a little bed and blanket, too.
Here are some pics of him!
Pic 1: Sammy when I got him. He liked his bowl.
Pic 2: When I noticed he wasn't well. He was up in the middle of the day and his coloring was really light.
Pic 3: In his Kritter Keeper, I was hoping he was starting to look up. I thought he was going to die the night before but he climbed on the tree and was sleeping, I misted him and he opened his eyes and looked kinda good. He died 2 days later.
Pic 4: His little coffin.
