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RIP Kayla
I found Kayla, one of my leopard geckos, dead today.
I've had her for 7 years and she wasn't too much older (about 7 1/2).
I am not sure what happened, but she seemed peaceful and no sign of a struggle or anything unusual. She shed a week ago and hadn't eaten this week, but that happens when she sheds sometimes as she eats her shed. Also, with the weather changing so much, they (my LG's) will sometimes miss a meal or two.
She was the in between LG (I had three). Cleo was the outgoing one. Carra was the ravenous eater, but difficult to handle sometimes. Kayla, well, she was right in between. I will miss her.
For the record, they all live(d) in separate enclosures.
Happy to know I gave her 7 good years, but it doesn't seem like enough. I don't think there is anything else I could have done, but it's normal to question that.
I want to do a necropsy, but I am not sure when she passed as I had been sick in bed for two days. I couldn't bring her in until tomorrow anyway.
I'll ask the vet, but either way, I miss my little girl.
RIP Kayla.
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So sorry for your loss...& hope you feel better soon too. RIP Kayla...
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I'm so sorry for your loss :(
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RIP Kayla. Very sorry for your loss Dave. 🙏🏾❤
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I'm so sorry. She's a little beauty, and you certainly gave her 7 very good years.
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Sorry for your loss, Dave. You gave Kayla seven very good years. I hope you feel better soon!
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So sorry for your loss, Dave.
You, Katie and Kayla will be in my thoughts.
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Sorry for your loss.
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Thank you everyone. I will advise IF I am able to get a necropsy.
It means a lot to have the support of the community.
I spent some quality time with Behira and Jeff tonight and got some Boa therapy. That helped too.
Katie has also been super supportive as has my family. They know what the reptiles mean to me.
It was really crappy finding her today, but I appreciate that she saved me the angst of having her be sick for a long period and/or having to put her down. I've been down that road too. Not that she had a choice, but it's appreciated either way.
She was a good girl and she will be missed.
Thank you again for the thoughts for all involved.
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So sorry for your loss. Feel better.
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I sure hope you get some answers as to what may have happened but that might not be the case- most of the time, that's the way it goes.
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Dave, sorry for your loss. I hope you find comfort in knowing she didn't suffer.
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I'm so sorry for your loss. RIP
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Sorry for sad news Dakski. :(
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Thank you again everyone.
I did not bring Kayla's body in for a necropsy because a) she seemed to go peacefully and was older and b) the vet said that it was almost assuredly too late to get any relevant data about anything that could be contagious. Having said that, both the vet, and other reptile breeders and keepers I've spoken to, do not believe that was the case. She did not show signs of illness that I could see, aside from her normal not eating for a few days.
Basically the vet said they might be able to tell me what organs might have failed, but probably not even that. She was in rigor mortis when I found her so she had been dead for 4-48 hours or so, from what I've been told. To do a proper necropsy, I needed to get her body to the vet within 24 hours or less.
Everyone else seems fine and I will keep my eyes peeled. Again, she lived in her own tank, but ate the same food as my other Leopard Geckos, and Ferry, my Chewie. They all seem okay.
I am sorry not to have definitive closure here, but I think with time, I will be able to view this as an isolated, not systemic, issue in my reptile home.
Again, very happy she seemed to pass peacefully but she will be missed.
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It was surely too late to get meaningful information from a necropsy. 7 years was certainly not "old" for a leopard gecko, esp. for an unbred female, but with her fancy
genetics, there's always a greater chance of other inherited abnormalities...more so than in those with normal coloration. I'd agree there is only a very remote chance
that this was anything contagious...I expect that others are safe. Just always sad to lose a pretty little pet so soon.
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Originally Posted by Bogertophis
It was surely too late to get meaningful information from a necropsy. 7 years was certainly not "old" for a leopard gecko, esp. for an unbred female, but with her fancy
genetics, there's always a greater chance of other inherited abnormalities...more so than in those with normal coloration. I'd agree there is only a very remote chance
that this was anything contagious...I expect that others are safe. Just always sad to lose a pretty little pet so soon.
I agree, 7 is too young, but it's not like she was 1 or 2, or less. Then I would have been more likely to think something might be up.
I also agree it's sad, but probably not contagious.
Thank you for the thoughts, as always, Bogertophis.
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