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Post by siobhan on Apr 15, 2016 12:32:31 GMT -5
Rex has been refusing to eat, though he does eat a little now and again. But he's lost a significant amount of weight and he just acts depressed and uninterested in anything. I have a friend whose son just adores reptiles -- a teenage son, in high school, not a little boy -- and I saw the friend posting a photo of a couple of lizards on Facebook the other day and tagging the boy because of his interest. So I asked my friend if perhaps his son would want to have Rex. I've done mounds of research on what the problem could be and have offered him all the things other reptile folks said he wouldn't be able to resist and would eat, and he still won't. I've tried giving him more attention, but he doesn't want it and runs off to hide so I'll let him be. I finally concluded that I just don't have the touch, whatever that is. I've told my friend and his son everything, and the boy not only still wants Rex, he can hardly wait. He's been doing his own research. They're a very nice family and I know both parents very well and the kids pretty well, and I'm sure this boy will take very good care of him. I don't like to rehome a critter, ever, but in this case Rex's health may very well be at stake. Maybe in this boy's hands, a kid who's an exceptionally good student and will devote himself to figuring out how to make Rex happy and healthy again, he has a better chance than with me. So on Monday I'm going to take Rex to the school where my friend is a principal, and he'll take him home to his son. The boy's busy all weekend with a family funeral and wedding and won't be available before Monday. I'm going to miss Rex, and I think Ringo will, too. She spends a lot of time watching him from the top of his tank, which may be part of the problem. Maybe he doesn't realize she can't get to him and is afraid all the time. To him she probably looks like a giant predator. However, Ringo will adjust and so will I.
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Post by aaron on Apr 15, 2016 15:11:23 GMT -5
Sounds like Rex is going to a good place-- I think you might be right about Ringo, so perhaps this will be better all around. Sorry you will be parting with your little gecko friend. I hope his new owner will be able to get him well fed again!
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Post by Jan and Shah on Apr 16, 2016 0:07:47 GMT -5
Siobhan, I don't know anything about geckos but sometimes we just don't have the "touch" with certain animals. When I was a wildlife carer, I couldn't manage ringtail possums - they would die in my care. So, as soon as one would come in, I would ring my friend to come and collect them (she had a great success rate with them). You are doing the right thing by Rex and, even though you will miss him, know in your heart that he may have a better life with someone else. I cant comment on Ringo except she might be freaking him out.
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Post by Jan and Shah on Apr 16, 2016 0:08:16 GMT -5
Siobhan, I don't know anything about geckos but sometimes we just don't have the "touch" with certain animals. When I was a wildlife carer, I couldn't manage ringtail possums - they would die in my care. So, as soon as one would come in, I would ring my friend to come and collect them (she had a great success rate with them). You are doing the right thing by Rex and, even though you will miss him, know in your heart that he may have a better life with someone else. I cant comment on Ringo except she might be freaking him out.
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Post by siobhan on Apr 18, 2016 12:01:47 GMT -5
I handed Rex over to the dad this morning. He's keeping him in his office until time to go home, when he'll present him to the son, who is so excited he told his dad this morning that he didn't sleep all night. LOL I have no fear that Rex will be loved and taken care of. Yes, I'll miss him. I love all my babies. But I do think Rex will be happier with Joel, who knows reptiles. And they'll keep me informed of how he's doing. Ringo was puzzled, and more than a little upset, when I carried the tank out this morning. She'll adjust, but I think she enjoyed watching him a lot (judging by how much she pooped on his tank for me to have to clean up). However, it's finally spring and she can sit on her window and watch birds outside, and she likes that, too. We have a downy woodpecker living in a tree in the side yard this year, right where she can watch what goes on.
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