Well, it seems whatever improvement I saw must have only been part of that "surge" some beings get before they go downhill for good. He passed away sometime during the night on friday. It looked like he went peacefully, calmly stretched out in his enclosure, not in the midst of a seizure. I will be having an autopsy done- I'd like to know what caused this, especially since the prospect of ibd was brought up.

Thank you for all the support and input. I will keep you guys updated when the results come back- the doctor said it will take at least a week.

RIP, little Vasili. I'm sorry I couldn't have done more.

(guidofatherof5, I don't think he had a retained shed. His last shed was on January 19th.)