Pet Loss :(

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  1. Johndakerftw

    Johndakerftw Mr. Rogers is My Hero

    Hi everyone,

    I just held my skink of 13 1/2 yrs, Napoleon, as he took his final breaths. It was hard to see him struggle, but I'm glad he's not suffering anymore.

    Here he is:

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    Feel free to post any coins with reptiles or any kind of animal and pictures of your own pets.

    Thanks,

    Erin
     
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  3. Smojo

    Smojo dreamliner

    Sorry Erin.
    Losing a pet sucks it's like a family member.
    I can't think of a lizard coin in my collection, but I believe Sallent does.
     
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  4. Pishpash

    Pishpash Well-Known Member

    So sorry to hear of your loss Erin. You had him a very long time, it is like losing one of the family.
     
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  5. chrsmat71

    chrsmat71 I LIKE TURTLES!

    oh no! sorry to hear about napoleon! he was a cool looking little guy, pretty colors.

    when i was in grad school i did some work with western fence lizards, i couldn't find any of my pics of them (if i have them they're on a 3.5 inch disc no way to use it!).


    they look like this (web pics)...

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    and have pretty blue patches also.


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  6. Andres2

    Andres2 Well-Known Member

    I'm sorry for your loss , I lost many dogs in the past, every time its a sad thing.

    Here's Lola , Jack Russell numero 4 in line, just finished the CNG auction catalog.

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  7. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

    I'm sorry. :(

    We lost four cats last year (three as a result of Hurricane Matthew), so I can sympathize. :(

    I had no idea those small reptiles lived that long. We have wild skinks here in coastal Georgia- big red and blue ones. They're not a common sight like the green anole lizards that are everywhere, but I've seen them on Jekyll Island. They're really quite startling at first- one's instinctive "snake!" alarms are instantly triggered by the sight of one darting through the grass.
     
  8. Mat

    Mat Ancient Coincoholic

    Cute, always sad to have a pet pass :(.
     
  9. ColonialCoin4

    ColonialCoin4 Active Member

    I'm sorry for your loss.
     
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  10. LaCointessa

    LaCointessa Well-Known Member

    I'm sorry for the loss of your adorable little creature. I hope you'll feel better.

    Unfortunately, I had to adopt my iguana out some years ago to the local exotic animal center. I often think of Giancarlo a/k/a Juancho. He was very sweet. I'm sorry I could not keep him longer. I got him as a gift soon after his birth and had him about 3 years. He got big and was so alpha male! He ate squash, collard and mustard greens, snow peas, string beans - stuff like that. I tried to give him lettuce once and he side-looked up at me like I had lost my mind. He thought I was his wife. Bobbed his head at me an awful lot. Adorable. I just now remember all that head bobbing! Not the best photograph of him, but handsome, no? Giancarlo-Juancho.JPG
     
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  11. LaCointessa

    LaCointessa Well-Known Member

    Maybe that's another reason why I love those croc coins so much.
     
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  12. Mojavedave

    Mojavedave Senior Member

     
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  13. Muzyck

    Muzyck Rabbits!

    Sorry for your loss. Always crushed when I had to say goodbye to my canine family members. Too many of them over the years after adopting many homeless "adults". Pets are family and we do grieve.
     
  14. tommyc03

    tommyc03 Senior Member

    I too, am sorry for your loss. I am struggling with my Quaker Parrot right now at 20 years old. She's been having some pretty bad days and then perks up and then struggles again. The other night she lost her balance and fell on her back. It's very hard.
     
  15. LaCointessa

    LaCointessa Well-Known Member

    Oh! Sorry.
     
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  16. LaCointessa

    LaCointessa Well-Known Member

    Group hug.
     
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  17. gregarious

    gregarious E Pluribus Unum

    sorry for your loss. i just have lost kittybuddy, Saturday before last and now have a sick kitten who adopted me, who was on the ashpile of his pyre of that day. it is sad. i hope to nurse him back, but really there's little one can do other than make comfortable and offer petting with water(i put in antibiotics) and food. kittys and the rain 001.JPG bush kitty comes home 006.JPG
     
  18. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    Sorry Erin. It is always hard to lose a family member.

    I would post my lizards and croc coins, but do not have access to my files.
     
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  19. Theodosius

    Theodosius Fine Style Seeker

    Very sorry to hear about that Erin.

    It is always hard losing a pet.

    John
     
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  20. zumbly

    zumbly Ha'ina 'ia mai ana ka puana

    Sorry to hear about your loss, Erin. Here's a lizard on a Dyrrhachion stater for Napoleon.

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  21. gregarious

    gregarious E Pluribus Unum

    here ya go Erin, in your pets honor.. thracian chersonesus hemidrachm 010.JPG
     
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