Thank you, Nicole, for your comforting message. I definitely didn't expect her to die of natural causes at this age... for as long as I have had her the literature has said she would live 20 years or more. I feel a little better to learn that their deaths are common at this age, but I still feel very guilty.

She always ate well and never regurgitated. Her stools were fine, she shedded recently too. This last time I fed her she was slow to take the prey, but that was the first time she has ever been so. The only real change in her behavior is that for the last 3 years or so she has been very aggressive. I sought advice on this earlier and thought I would begin a course of re-gentling her this winter... now I feel so sad because that will never be.

I did love her very much and I feel so sad and lost. I wish I could "wake up" and find her alive again.

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