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mistressofmuses) wrote2024-01-01 06:53 pm
mistressofmuses) wrote2024-01-01 06:53 pm
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RIP Broccoli Cheddar Bomb
Broccoli Cheddar Bomb, my fire-bellied toad, died today.
He was very active this morning, kicking his gravel around, climbing around. Then tonight when I went to give him some fresh water, he was dead behind his hide.
He was an old man for a toad: allegedly he was already 14 when we got him about three years ago. Ten years seems to be the high end of an average lifespan, so making it to about 17 is pretty good! From what I'd seen when we got him, the record lifespan was just over 20, so he was up there.
That doesn't make me feel better that he's gone, though. (And part of me is stuck wondering whether he was trying to signal that something was wrong, with how much he was moving around earlier. Was something wrong with the water? Was he sick?) I know that some people don't think that non-mammal pets are as "real" as cats or dogs, but he was a great little guy, and I loved him very much.
I hope he had a happy toad life.
Now I have a bunch of crickets and nothing to do with them.
We'll probably give him a little toad funeral tomorrow.
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Not a terribly good start to the new year.
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It's also Cy's 13th (ish, we think) birthday. January 1st was an arbitrary choice, but it was as good a date as any. So he's also an old man! He had a better day - a pup cup, and a quick jaunt to the park. I wish I was posting more about that than the above.
He was very active this morning, kicking his gravel around, climbing around. Then tonight when I went to give him some fresh water, he was dead behind his hide.
He was an old man for a toad: allegedly he was already 14 when we got him about three years ago. Ten years seems to be the high end of an average lifespan, so making it to about 17 is pretty good! From what I'd seen when we got him, the record lifespan was just over 20, so he was up there.
That doesn't make me feel better that he's gone, though. (And part of me is stuck wondering whether he was trying to signal that something was wrong, with how much he was moving around earlier. Was something wrong with the water? Was he sick?) I know that some people don't think that non-mammal pets are as "real" as cats or dogs, but he was a great little guy, and I loved him very much.
I hope he had a happy toad life.
Now I have a bunch of crickets and nothing to do with them.
We'll probably give him a little toad funeral tomorrow.
-
Not a terribly good start to the new year.
-
It's also Cy's 13th (ish, we think) birthday. January 1st was an arbitrary choice, but it was as good a date as any. So he's also an old man! He had a better day - a pup cup, and a quick jaunt to the park. I wish I was posting more about that than the above.