Ryan Jarosek
New Member
A couple of days ago I found my poor sweet M.J on the floor of her cage almost lifeless barely opening her mouth. She was cold and was almost gone. I held her under a basking light wrapped in a towel and made her as comfortable as possible until she passed. It broke my heart. She will be missed. She was 1.5 years old and so beautiful. She was my second female panther and my first panther to pass.
I wanted to share some pics of her, of some good times and our story of what happened.
She just laid a clutch of 25 beautiful eggs about 2 weeks ago. After she laid she never really started eating again. I found her one day sleeping and without skipping a beat took her to the vet. No retained eggs or complications that the vet could see. I started her on liquid calcium and made sure she was drinking. Nothing I did would get her to eat. We tried providing her some bug juice. She took it eagerly but it was not enough to save her. She actually stopped sleeping during the day and looked great. Then all of a sudden gone.
It would appear that the laying was enough to take it out of her. She was in great health up until the incident.
I wanted to share some pics of her, of some good times and our story of what happened.
She just laid a clutch of 25 beautiful eggs about 2 weeks ago. After she laid she never really started eating again. I found her one day sleeping and without skipping a beat took her to the vet. No retained eggs or complications that the vet could see. I started her on liquid calcium and made sure she was drinking. Nothing I did would get her to eat. We tried providing her some bug juice. She took it eagerly but it was not enough to save her. She actually stopped sleeping during the day and looked great. Then all of a sudden gone.
It would appear that the laying was enough to take it out of her. She was in great health up until the incident.