just found Ember, my flame - dead
he'd come out of brumation a few days ago, and because he seemed on the thin side I fed him yesterday
the tank temps are fine, but perhaps I should have waited a bit longer, or something . . .
who knows - maybe the food had nothing to do with it, and he was skinny for some other reason, and would have perished anyway
I'm just bummed - very
in fact it's getting worse as my denial evaporates