This was my beautiful girl, doing one of her favorite things ... surveying her "kingdom"I am so sorry!!
I'm so sorry for your loss. Your pretty princess will never be forgotten, praying for healingMy beautiful Princess Prissy Pants aka Spaz, Spazzy butt, angry little tree dragon passed away while my daughter was gone to college and I was at work
My daughter came home from class and found her
We're absolutely devastated
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She went from sassy and opinionated to gone in the 14 hours I was at workOh no
Did you notice anything odd the last days?
That makes it even worst. I hate sudden deaths, both chams I lost have died that wayShe went from sassy and opinionated to gone in the 14 hours I was at work
She huffed at me in typical Spazzy fashion yesterday morning when I turned her lights on/misted her enclosure. I told her I loved her and I'd see her when I got home (like I did every morning) and she puffed her chin at me
My daughter got home from her college classes before I got home from work and found her laying in one of the pothos pots
We had just celebrated her 3 year gotcha day last month
She was a baby from PetSmart (maybe 2 or 3 months old)
It hurt not turning on her lights this morning, not hearing her protests at her enclosure being misted, not getting a foot raise and chin for existing
She never got to eat the moths that are in cocoons right now (lost hornworm shipment, they were too big to feed her by the time they got here so I put them in a butterfly keeper to cocoon)
My daughter's boy passed a week and one day after we got him. I have to assume he was already sick (he was already 2 years old when we got him)That makes it even worst. I hate sudden deaths, both chams I lost have died that way
Wish you all the strength during your grief
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I wish I had words to help soothe your pain, but they just don’t exist. It’s terrible losing a beloved animal ‘child’. Take time to grieve. Find ways to honor her memory, whether it be planting a tree or flowers, making a donation to animal rescue, framing a favorite pic of her or whatever else feels right to you. Be kind and gentle to yourself as your heart heals. Many hugs. (((My daughter's boy passed a week and one day after we got him. I have to assume he was already sick (he was already 2 years old when we got him)
Spaz ... she was sassy, opinionated, feisty and oh so bossy from day one. She owned us and she knew it. Everything went Spazzy's way or no way at all lol
She had perfected the "eat dirt" look by the time she was 5 months old and gave us that look all the time. She had the best side eye and when she was "done" with you, she'd suck one eye in (her version of the teenage eye roll
If there were something that annoyed her, she didn't mind letting you know all about it
Her favorite thing on Sundays was to either sit in the bay window (if the temp outside was below 75) or have adventures on the back deck/inside the greenhouse ... she loved the Camilla bush at the edge of the driveway the most. She would sit there forever, soaking up the sun and terrorizing the cat on the other side of the window (all 3 of the cats were terrified of Spaz lol)
I have no idea what to do with her house now. What do I do on Sundays at noon? Or every morning before work? No more playing Where's Spaz in the pothos leaves when I get home or getting "mauled" over a hornworm or crickies
I miss my girl so much
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The ironic thing is we had been told Spaz was a male when we got her. I had to be the one to tell the employees at PetSmart how to tell the difference between male and female veiled babies lol
One of the funeral homes in my town now handles pet cremation as well as human services. I took her there this morning. I shouldn't have taken her by myself though ... the funeral home staff met me at the door with a small basket that looked like a little casket for me to lay her in (satin bedding and all) and they played bell tower like chimes as they carried her downstairsI wish I had words to help soothe your pain, but they just don’t exist. It’s terrible losing a beloved animal ‘child’. Take time to grieve. Find ways to honor her memory, whether it be planting a tree or flowers, making a donation to animal rescue, framing a favorite pic of her or whatever else feels right to you. Be kind and gentle to yourself as your heart heals. Many hugs. (((
