I had her about 8 years, but she gradually was losing her appetite with a complete absence of diarrhea, and was not even discolored. My vet told me she was free of disease, but was experiencing a natural process of aging. She even had an arthritic elbow!
I just wanted to say you are BETTER OFF getting a tokay from a dealer who knows when your tokay was hatched. Wild captured TOKAYS-that are adults--are of unknown age.
When I first got my tokay it was from the wild. I spent a considerable amount of money getting it parasite free. Plus it took about 6 months to tame her!
I felt so bad over her death that I did manage to get a new one--hatched only 2 weeks ago. Easy as pie to tame and she's already only willing to eat when I had feed it. Though this one cannot replace what I lost, I'm getting extremely attached to the baby.
The breeder hatched TOKAY may cost more but considering you know the age of it, and chances are disease free you are actually saving a lot of money. I spent hundreds of dollars getting my wild captured one disease free.
I think the wild captured tokays from the wild should be banned and only sell TOKAYS who were bred.
Jade Fox
