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jwthought
at Wed Oct 6 22:35:19 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by jwthought ]
I brought her home last night. Man was she pissed. I guess I would be too if I just had all of my sexual organs removed. Anyway, the vet said that the surgery was definately life saving as the eggs never even detached from her ovaries. Sorry if I'm repeating myself, it's ben a long couple of days. She is still pretty weak and is still hanging out at the bottom of her plants. She gapes and hisses at me and is very uninterested in eating. This has me worried a bit, but I've had operations before and felt pretty weak and cranky myself. I guess only time will tell. I feel really badly for her. She has this big nasty stiched up scar along the left side of her body. Frankly, she has me wondering if I did the right thing. I say this because, although I obviously care alot about her life, I wonder if I'm doing her a disservice by letting her live her life without the prospect of reproducing. I know this is a matter of ethics or faith or whatever and that there will be a million different opinions on this, but honestly, what does an animal like a captive female chameleon have in life besides being able to expand her species' gene pool? Maybe, we just have no business keeping these delicate, beautiful creatures in captivity. I'm past caring about the money issue. I can make more money. I just hope I can make her have a reason to "enjoy" life after this. Sorry for sounding so morbid, but after seeing her in pain, I don't know what to think. Hopefully, she'll make a full recover and someone will tell mesomething to get me back to earth. Thanks for everything, Lele. You have been a tremendous suppurt, both informationally and emotionally. I truly thank you. - Josh
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- How's Lola??? - lele, Wed Oct 6 16:30:54 2004
 RE: How's Lola??? - jwthought, Wed Oct 6 22:35:19 2004
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