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I am going to find out exactly why yet. Confused, havent had a monitor die on me for years. Strange, nothing different with him until 2 days ago, then he acted strange, but not too strange until lastnight before he died. His cage and anything in it etc are going to be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected just in case.
Zeus RIP..

Hi Shvar,
My Condolences - I know how this feels. I will be most interested to learn of your necropsy results when/if you find anything....

Take Care,
markb

Man, that sucks dude.....he was a beautiful monitor also. Let us know what you find out.
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Sorry to hear that. I hope it is a long long time before any others die, of old age.
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Ed

These heat lamps make my electric bill to high.

I am so sorry to hear about your loss, he was a beautiful animal and well taken care of by you. Hope you learn something from your vet.

Pam
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1.1.4 varanus acanthurus brachyurus
1.1 varanus acanthurus acanthurus
1.0 varanus storri
1.1 u. macfadyeni
1.2 u. ornata
1.1 u. ocellata
1.2 rhacodactylus ciliatus
1.1 hyla chrysoscelis

Sorry to hear you lost one of your babies, and such a beautiful one at that. I think that is one of the hardest thing I've found about owning reptiles; they are so good at hiding that something is wrong. I suppose that it is a survival tactic, but it sure stinks when even experienced, successful keepers can occasionally lose one unexpectedly.

Leslie

hope you find out what caused his death.

Did he show any symptoms of any ailments?

He became off balance and twitchy when he walked (what little of that happened). The only difference that night otherwise was that he ate 3 adult mice beforehand. All of my albigs picked times of the year after being adults that they went underground and were not hungry for 2 weeks, 1 week, or more, so nothing was unusual there.
Its strange he was normal until that day, but only a bit lazy that day, then that night he went from somewhat normal to twitchy, shakey, and eyes sunken in 1 hours time. He ate for the first time in 2 weeks an hour before he died. This bothered me because the 4th mouse went to Sobek, she is still the same as always, absolutely normal.
The lack of symptoms and sudden onset so quickly really caught me off guard fast. Been wracking my brain to remember anything out of the ordinary in the last 2 weeks with him. The last thing he ate before this was a few big hissers, 2 weeks or more ago.

sounds like something hit him fast. If you have a necropsy done have them check of course the oragans and also see if they can check the cerebral spinal fluid for any bacteria.

Good luck and hope you find something out.

How strange. With those symptoms, if he were human, I'd suspect a stroke. Hope you get a definitive answer.
Leslie

That’s rotten… It’s so hard to tell what is going on with them sometimes. Sorry for your loss, let us know if you find out anything.
Take care, -H-

R.I.P ZEUS

I am sorry to hear about Zeus.
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Zsa-Zsu and Corny the Corn Snake
and Monaco the Argentine B&W Tegu
and Meanie the Black Throat Monitor

My condolenses, you gave him a good home for awhile. Thats all you can ask for. FR

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Very sorry for your loss amigo, hope you find out definately what it was that caused this.

Get along, its unfortunate this happened.
Him and Sobek were my trash compactors, anything that noone else would eat or was hungry for they ate it with almost no hesitation.

Sorry Shawn

--Robert