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[lonelybrit]

So we lost our wee turtle. Me and a friend had driven him to the vet's yesterday, but we got the call-back today that he really was too tiny and sick for them to do anything and did they have permission for euthanasia. Technically they're Mum's so I had to call her first, and her answer was 'Yes they do.'

Incidentally, the family still hadn't settled on a name for the pair by the time one of them was vetinised. The healthy terrapin seems to have picked up the nickname Fattie/You Fat Bastard, but beyond that nothing helpful. I got the most disdainful 'Oh' from the receptionist when she asked for their names and I had to admit they didn't have any yet. Anyway, given that I've been the one driving to various vets/aquariums trying to find some treatment and then spending hours attempting to coax the sickly one to eat anything, I decided to just go ahead and name them. When the vet asked I told him they were Midas and Neptune. So farewell Midas, you will be missed.

Neptune, aka Fattie, may you continue to prosper.

Comments

[princess-s.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

I'm sorry Midas died before I had a chance to meet him :(

Is Neptune all in the clear?

[lonelybrit]

Neptune/Fattie is doing just fine, eating his way through life one shrimp at a time. And yes, we're going to miss Midas, he was so sweet and tiny.

[esmerelda-t.livejournal.com]

Im sorry to hear Midas didn't make it, but at least he's not suffering anymore.

[lonelybrit]

Yep that's how Mum's looking on it - better quick than continuing to draw out the inevitable.

[lonelybrit]

*smishes* Thanks sweetie.