Newt loss :(

[Azhael]

I came home from a 5 days long trip to find that one of my dobrogicus is dead... It was highly decomposed which leads me to think that´s it´s been dead for at least 3 days or so....which means it´s not the lack of food but some condition that was already there before i left. I didn´t find him to be showing any sign of illness before leaving...except for maybe his skin being unusually smooth. I don´t know but judging from the scene i found i think it died while shedding. Anyway...this things happen....all my other newts look perfectly healthy so i´m assuming this one died for particular reasons as an exception.
Sad day....

 

[Jennewt]

Sorry to hear it, Rodrigo. Unusually shiny skin on a newt (most noticeable when on land) is an indicator of bad health, although I don't know why.

 

[Kaysie]

That's too bad, Rodrigo. I'm sorry to hear that.

 

[Azhael]

Thanks. It´s so sad when you loose an animal you´ve raised, at least since it was a morph....

 

[Beej]

I'm always sorry to hear of an animal loss. I'm pretty good at detachment and viewing it from a removed point of view (yes, even when it's my animals) but it still affects me.

View it as an opportunity to move your aquari in a new direction. A gap in the population is a gap that could be filled with a new and different animal, I feel. I have a 55 gal. tropical fish tank and when they start to wane in years I'm planning an amphibian revolution complete with a terrestrial portion being created to house frogs. As sad as it is going to be to lose my mollies and platys it'll be an exciting new experiment in fish and amphibian keeping.