Disabled Dekayi succumbs today

[infernalis]

"Junior" my little disabled Dekayi passed today.

This is the one who nearly choked this spring for those who remember.

He had some disorder that caused his neck to be entirely too small, he had to eat lots of tiny slugs to sustain.

He was one of two runts that I was sure would never make it at all, he lived against the odds for 18 months.

Junior never put on any size, and always looked too skinny. Most likely since he could not swallow proper size food items, he never really had proper nutrition.

The other runt lived only 11 months.

[gregmonsta]

Sorry to hear it mate ... cute little thing.

[Garter_Gertie]

Oh, Dekay. I am so sorry. It's not been easy for you the past couple o'months. I wish there was something I could do to ease things for you. If there is, let me know.

Bless you. At least JR did have a good, happy life - look at that face! - while he was with you.

(((((Dekay)))))

[bsol]

sorry to hear about this....

[infernalis]

Well the way I look at it, he had 18 months more that he would have had out there.

I remember when he was born, he was frail and tiny. It was all he could do to free himself from the birth membrane.

I started him on slugs so tiny they were not much bigger than the head of a pin.

Never had any interest in worms, He was part of why I farmed slugs in the basement last winter.

[Sid]

Sorry to hear, Wayne. Without doubt he had a much longer life that would have been possible in the wild.

[jitami]

So sorry Wayne

[Garter_Gertie]

Oh, Dekay. Oh. Dekay.

I don't want to breed. I couldn't take it again. You can't help but feel - at least *I* can't - that each and every life birthed from a breeding is something you birthed.

I mean... they never asked to be bred. So I always felt they were 'my' babies. because I bred them.

You did so good, Dekay-Wayne. JR had a better life than "out there" for sure. Bless you.

[reptile3]

Wayne, sorry to hear about Junior.... You did add some months to his life.

great picture btw!!

[bio6464]

Sorry Wayne.
Jerry