Sudden death of my retic - Page 2

JellyBean · 10-07-16, 09:28 PM

A favorite blanket draped over the cage... New end table for the time being (hugs)

savvylr · 10-07-16, 09:46 PM

So sorry for your loss

. Losing a pet really sucks. My condolences.

UserNameIsValid · 10-14-16, 12:43 AM

Sorry for you loss

IW17 · 10-26-16, 03:38 PM

Thanks everyone. I've been a little quiet lately. Works been busy and I've been kind of adjusting. This too shall pass. I'm trying to look ahead and come to terms that there wasn't anything I could do. I've still got my tiger retic and he's doing great so I'm looking at the bright side.

bigsnakegirl785 · 10-26-16, 03:50 PM

I could have sworn I commented on this when it first went up. No wonder it hasn't been showing up in my notifications....

Anyways, vets don't do necropsies (at least none I've talked to), they send them to labs to get them done. Some vets will, however, charge you a fee for them to send the body to a diagnostic lab, which will be charged to you on top of the lab's fee. Next time you need a necropsy look for a veterinary/animal diagnostic lab in your state.

Also, my condolences. I lost a BRB last year, and she was the first and only snake I've lost. It's terrible losing a pet you expect to have 20+ years.

IW17 · 10-26-16, 03:56 PM

Thanks bigsnakegirl. I'll look into that. Fortunately I've never had the need until now. But just in case, I'm going to look into it, in the event I'm ever in this situation again.