theTegu.com - Tegu information, photo gallery, forums, caresheets, diet & nutritional info, taming tips and more for the argentine black and white tegu, argentine red tegu, blue tegu, colombian black tegu and the colombian gold-phased black tegu. Tupinambis merianea, teguixin & rufescens.
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 11:00 pm Post subject: R.I.P. Joanna
I found her dead this morning curled around her water bowl.
Well as many of you know my Columbian B&W (Joanna) had been fighting many issues for the past couple of months. She had been retaining sheds, heavily sleeping, acting sluggish, refusing to eat and at the very end she had uncontrollable twitching.
I had tried every known remedy for all of her issues. Her retained shed and swollen toes did clear up, but was quickly followed by the refusal to eat and the twitching. I was told to increase her UVB light exposure and not to worry about the lack of appetite.
I had an appointment to have her seen at the reptile vet on monday. It was the soonest appointment I could get. He is the only reptile vet worth seeing in town.
Joanna was the first tegu I ever owned and she will be very missed. I purchased joanna when I was in middle school as a hatchling. She was the sweetest tegu I have ever handled. She was like a kitten. She would cuddle next to me every night she was out of her cage. I even gave her the chance to run around the room freely like she did when she was young. I put her on one side of the room and I layed on the other side. Instead of running or exploring, she chose to walk back over to me, climb up my shirt and fall fast asleep. Joanna was the greatest pet I have ever owned and maybe one day I will be lucky enough to have another tegu just as great as she was.
Thank you all for your help and advice, as well as your prayers. It was your guys help that kept her alive as long as it did. All of the advice I received helped in some way. So again, I thank you all.
Steve R.
Joined: Oct 16, 2007 Posts: 2556 Location: San Antonio,TX
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 11:51 pm Post subject:
I am sooooo sorry to hear about what happened with Joanna.At least you tried every thing you could to take care of her and she knows that.May peace be with you.
Joined: Dec 18, 2007 Posts: 877 Location: Eddington, Maine
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 1:18 pm Post subject:
sorry hear that dude. at least she enjoyed her life.. if i may ask how old was she?... once again sorry dude _________________ 0.1.0 Colombian Tegu
1.0.0 Arg. Tegu
0.1.4 Bearded Dragon
0.1.0 Royal Python
1.0.0 Crested Gecko
0.0.1 Kingsnake
0.0.1 Painted Turtle
0.1.1 Spotted Pythons
1.2.0 Tokay Geckos
2.3.0 Leopard Geckos
You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum
Forum FAQ
Search
Usergroups
Profile
Login
Its hard losing a loved pet 
sorry hear about your loss. 
I am sooooo sorry to hear about what happened with Joanna.At least you tried every thing you could to take care of her and she knows that.May peace be with you.
