First off VERY, very sorry to hear about your loss.That has to be very hard, especially at this time of year.My condolences and RIP little Uro.





Now for the details...Straight to 40 in a matter of hours? Was he kept indoors? Maybe i'm being ignorant but i'd think that a dwelling would be insulated enough to maintain heat for some time and take a while to gradually drop temps? Anyways i s'pose that part is irrelevant really though...



I've heard of people actually refrigerating their Uro's to brumate so i'd like to think that one day of 40 degree temps should just slow the guy down some, but that he should be able to recover from it.I don't think that that short amount of time would be enough for any undigested food to rot in him an go necrotic, especially at that low temps.



I'm no doctor, nor an expert by any means so take what i'm typing for what it's worth, just trying to help make some sense of it.



To me i might look towards another source, perhaps he was weakened from an illness, injury, or parasites already? Then again maybe the sudden drop sent him into shock? Were there any other changes lately in his environment or behaviour? How was he kept at the friend's house? Do they have anything that may have been dangerous to him?



Lots of questions

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