I'm a pet killer!

[arienette]

Yes, it's true. I shouldn't be trusted, I swear. Today my two Oriental Frogs, Jack and Adolf passed on to pet space and I am in mourning. I went downstairs to change their water like I do every day and Jack wasn't moving and hopping around like he usually does and I picked him up and he didn't move, I tried nudging him with the edge of the water dish and he just flopped over on his back and didn't move. Adolf was holed up inside a crevice in the cave in the tank so I didn't touch him. Yes, it's weird to be so attached to frogs, but I had Jack for 2 years and Adolf for 1. The kicker is that I knew how old they both were when getting them (unlike Plato, who passed on Thanksgiving) and these guys are supposed to live for 10-15 years. So yes, I am a pet killer and what sucks is now I've just become three times more protective of my new kitten Devin.

 

[cream_robot]

I'm a plant killer, if that's any condolence.

My cat's still alive, though!

 

[Goldie Munro]

Im not a pet killer but my cat left me

I see him around sitting on the shed or chasing birds but when I call him he just looks at me...then runs off!

I didnt even beat him or set fire to his tail - ingraditude!

 

[English Lady]

Awww *hugs* I dont' tihnk you're a pet killer -maybe their little froggy tiem was up, bless 'em

 

[Huckleman2000]

Amphibians. Go figure.

 

[Trinique_Fire]

foul play?

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so sorry about the frogs. i didn't know they were supposed to live that long anyway....

 

[Salvor-Hardon]

*tight hugs*

 

[TE999]

I guess they just croaked.

(Well you knew somebody was going to do it!)

Sorry about the froggies though.

It's just the beer talkin'.

Peace.

 

[drksideofthemoon]

Will there be services?

 

[Samilong]

I sympathise...

I used to have the same problem with pets. But not any longer. Four years ago I took in a stray who I named Roger. Despite constant neglect, he has been a true friend through good times and bad. These days, he's quite content to sit by me whilst I wile away countless hours on the computer, and never whines or complains.

Seriously, everyone should have a pet rock.

 

[drksideofthemoon]

I used to have the same problem with pets. But not any longer. Four years ago I took in a stray who I named Roger. Despite constant neglect, he has been a true friend through good times and bad. These days, he's quite content to sit by me whilst I wile away countless hours on the computer, and never whines or complains.

Seriously, everyone should have a pet rock.

I had one...he was fine, except when it came to take him for a walk. He never seemed to enjoy it. I always had to drag him. We went for a walk once by the ocean. I thought it would be a good time to teach him how to swim...alas...I never saw him again....

 

[Just-Legal]

Yes, it's true. I shouldn't be trusted, I swear. Today my two Oriental Frogs, Jack and Adolf passed on to pet space and I am in mourning. I went downstairs to change their water like I do every day and Jack wasn't moving and hopping around like he usually does and I picked him up and he didn't move, I tried nudging him with the edge of the water dish and he just flopped over on his back and didn't move. Adolf was holed up inside a crevice in the cave in the tank so I didn't touch him. Yes, it's weird to be so attached to frogs, but I had Jack for 2 years and Adolf for 1. The kicker is that I knew how old they both were when getting them (unlike Plato, who passed on Thanksgiving) and these guys are supposed to live for 10-15 years. So yes, I am a pet killer and what sucks is now I've just become three times more protective of my new kitten Devin.

My mother, plant and pet killer (after a while I stopped asking for goldfish) has a wonderful skill with our pet cat.

Seriously, kitties are hardy and independent critters, I'm sure Devin will be fine. *hugs lots*

 

[MagicaPractica]

Yes, it's true. I shouldn't be trusted, I swear. Today my two Oriental Frogs, Jack and Adolf passed on to pet space and I am in mourning. I went downstairs to change their water like I do every day and Jack wasn't moving and hopping around like he usually does and I picked him up and he didn't move, I tried nudging him with the edge of the water dish and he just flopped over on his back and didn't move. Adolf was holed up inside a crevice in the cave in the tank so I didn't touch him. Yes, it's weird to be so attached to frogs, but I had Jack for 2 years and Adolf for 1. The kicker is that I knew how old they both were when getting them (unlike Plato, who passed on Thanksgiving) and these guys are supposed to live for 10-15 years. So yes, I am a pet killer and what sucks is now I've just become three times more protective of my new kitten Devin.

*hugs* Sometimes these things just happen. I won't suggest it might have been a suicide pact but it is odd that they died together. You didn't kill them. They died.

 

[Guest]

Yes, it's true. I shouldn't be trusted, I swear. Today my two Oriental Frogs, Jack and Adolf passed on to pet space and I am in mourning. I went downstairs to change their water like I do every day and Jack wasn't moving and hopping around like he usually does and I picked him up and he didn't move, I tried nudging him with the edge of the water dish and he just flopped over on his back and didn't move. Adolf was holed up inside a crevice in the cave in the tank so I didn't touch him. Yes, it's weird to be so attached to frogs, but I had Jack for 2 years and Adolf for 1. The kicker is that I knew how old they both were when getting them (unlike Plato, who passed on Thanksgiving) and these guys are supposed to live for 10-15 years. So yes, I am a pet killer and what sucks is now I've just become three times more protective of my new kitten Devin.

Sorry about your loss.

Your kitty will be fine. Cats are pretty good at telling humans what they want and need.

 

[Selena_Kitt]

awwww poor froggies... they both died at once??

the kitty didn't get to them, did it?

sorry, Ari!

 

[SlickTony]

Sorry about your frogs.

 

[Lisa Denton]

I tried nudging him with the edge of the water dish and he just flopped over on his back and didn't move. Adolf was holed up inside a crevice in the cave in the tank so I didn't touch him.

They might not be dead, maybe whilst you was asleepin the kittycat and the frogs all got wasted on catnip partyin in the new year.

Since frogs are smaller than cats the effects might have been intensified and they are just really fucked up.

You should wait awhile and see if they come to.

If they do, curb your happiness with apprehension, and eye your kittycat with suspicion, and tell him its not funny to get his friends fucked up as dead frogs.

In the meantime, wipe thier foreheads with a cool damp rag, and dribble a little black coffee down thier throats.

NO MATTER WHAT do not let them get behind the wheel of a car in thier condition.

Friends don't let friends drive drunk .................. or dead.

 

[Jenny_Jackson]

They might not be dead, maybe whilst you was asleepin the kittycat and the frogs all got wasted on catnip partyin in the new year.

Since frogs are smaller than cats the effects might have been intensified and they are just really fucked up.

You should wait awhile and see if they come to.

If they do, curb your happiness with apprehension, and eye your kittycat with suspicion, and tell him its not funny to get his friends fucked up as dead frogs.

In the meantime, wipe thier foreheads with a cool damp rag, and dribble a little black coffee down thier throats.

NO MATTER WHAT do not let them get behind the wheel of a car in thier condition.

Friends don't let friends drive drunk .................. or dead.

Lisa has a good idea. This is winter - frogs hybernate. Put them in a box with a light bulb burning with them. Wait a few hours. They may wake up.

Hybernating frogs look pretty dead.

 

[MagicaPractica]

Lisa has a good idea. This is winter - frogs hybernate. Put them in a box with a light bulb burning with them. Wait a few hours. They may wake up.

Hybernating frogs look pretty dead.

That would seem to make more sense than that they both suddenly died. Here's hoping.

 

[SlickTony]

Lisa has a good idea. This is winter - frogs hybernate. Put them in a box with a light bulb burning with them. Wait a few hours. They may wake up.

Hybernating frogs look pretty dead.

Hmm, are you sure that's a good idea? I once read about someone who found a hibernating turtle and warmed him up, but could not bring him to consciousness enough to get him to actually wake up, only just enough to increase his metabolism, so that he kind of starved to death in his sleep.

 

[Lisa Denton]

Hmm, are you sure that's a good idea? I once read about someone who found a hibernating turtle and warmed him up, but could not bring him to consciousness enough to get him to actually wake up, only just enough to increase his metabolism, so that he kind of starved to death in his sleep.

Oooooooooh, good idea.

Put them in a box with a light bulb burning, and stick a dead fly in each one of thier mouths.

But ..................................... I don't think you should tell anybody you done this, it sounds kinda wierd.

 

[FallingToFly]

Sounds like an environmental issue- did the temp spike or drop? I have to watch stuff like that with my lizards.

Scrub the cage out with bleach, just in case, before you reuse it for new arrivals.