genkid wrote:Thanks for all the sympathy- not everyone can understand- just other "skinkers". To answer a few of you- no I don't know what the cause was. I did not have anything checked out by a vet. We cremated him and will bury his ashes when the ground thaws out here. I keep wondering what might have gone wrong- can't keep dwelling on it though. I know he had a good life with us. Thanks again.
I seriously doubt you did anything wrong, so don't beat yourself up. Do you have any idea how old he was, 'cause it might just have been natural old age (in which case you gave him an awesome home and great care for the last year of his life).
As for ours, we don't handle them a lot, so they're kind of crazy when you try to catch them, and then they settle down after you hold them for a minute or so. *Insanely* fast little critters, aren't they? If we get babies, I will endeavor to hold the babies as much as possible so they get used to it from an early age. This is what I do with new Corucia babies, and it seems to make them much more comfortable with being handled by humans.
-- Celeste
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