Sorry to hear he is gone! I know how you feel. A few weeks ago I lost my painted. She too had been ill and then seemed to recover. I thought she had made it, then suddenly she died!
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0.1.0 snapping turtle
0.1.0 ornate box turtle
1.0.0 eastern box turtle
0.1.0 Australian shepard
1.3.0 chickens
3.2.0 children
1.0.0 husband