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paris
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in case anyone ever feels that 'serious' keepers are in anyway definable'experts'(what really is an expert anyways?-nobody can know everything on any subject) or infallible (or however its spelled) let me tell you how my day went. the large female tiger that i found two weeks ago had been sick/bloated since i found her and she died some time since yesterday. i am unsure what happened to her-but i currently have access to the bio lab-so a dissection will be in the cards tonight. i couldnt find my main supply of batryl-so she only got 2 treatments, i had her in the fridge to slow down her metabolism. i moved her to my store at 60F and gave her a full treatment 2 days ago but upon inspection before she was treated she expelled several eggs and a green mass with blood when i pressed on her belly- i knew she was bad off so if that had been all i'd just have to say 'thats the way it is' BUT then i decided to bring in some of my new fire morphs to school to show the teachers/students what they looked like now (they were born on campus) well while i was showing them in their container off to one teacher in particular i had lifted the little log i had over them to let her see them-i said'there are 8 in there'-she pointed out there were only 7, so i thought i had miscounted and went on talking.............i now know always to look for the missing one! but it cost me a life. it must have been on that log and dropped to the floor-and i stepped directly on it....im feeling worse as the day goes on, but honestly its a quicker death that the ones that are lost to dessication from the times i have forgotten to close a lid properly (that is a stupid mistake that i have REPEATED!). still...i know we all make mistakes and i seem to do more than others since i am a bit scatterbrained but the only comfort i can find is i hopefully will not make that one again and by telling others perhaps prevent a similar event from happening to them.