Okay, Brenda...

[brenda]

@Jolly
Holy cow, no! I am having way too much fun with my bad habits ... err ... hobbies right now. I rotate between rug hooking, sewing, crochet, upholstery, and tending plants. There are not enough hours in the day, and job work really is eating boodles of my time right now, too.

[Catseye3]

So the froggos are what, chopped liver?

(Nice to see you, kiddo. )

[George K]

@Catseye3 said in Okay, Brenda...:

So the froggos are what, chopped liver?

(Nice to see you, kiddo. )

Indeed!

You've been missed, and @Catseye3 is not the only one who noticed!

[brenda]

@Catseye3 said in Okay, Brenda...:

So the froggos are what, chopped liver?

(Nice to see you, kiddo. )

Oh my, I spend too much time, yet not enough, with the froggos every day.

Had a sad thing happen with the froggos. Last month, one became ill with bloating, then another started having the same problem, then a third did. We don't have an amphibian vet that I could find in our area, and I have looked before, too. Based on what I could learn online from vet sources, I tried some antibiotics and antiparasitics to no avail. One by one, all three frogs died. Geez, I was torn up, and losing so many ... oh my gosh. How the heck does one get so attached to little frogs.

I had a necropsy done on one of them at the University of MN Veterinary Diagnostic Lab, and the report was kidney disease as the primary cause of death. I'm sure some of my frogs share parentage, and thus genetic similarities, and evidently that includes a tendency toward kidney disease.

The good news is that five of the froggos never had any symptoms. They are doing well. Two males are trilling for spring, and the two females are looking chonky. The fifth one is just a little guy, most likely a male, and has not trilled a note, but he's cute as can be. I have not learned my lesson at all about being so attached to little frogs. LOL

[Horace]

No baking listed in the hobbies?

[Catseye3]

Very sorry to hear about the three froggos, Brenda. My first thought is being glad it wasn't contagious.

[George K]

Back in 1982 (?) we had an iguana. His name was Jack. He had the run of the house and was tame as could be. I'm convinced that he came to us for affection, scratches, etc. He grew to about 2 ½ feet in size.

He developed a bowel obstruction, perhaps from a turkey bone he found in the sink.

Mrs. George and I were heartbroken when he died.

RIP, froggos, and take some comfort (while Teh Bee talks to you on the other side) that you Momma gave you the best possible life. Enjoy your time on the better side of the rainbow bridge.

By the way, @brenda , was Jurgi one of the ones that didn't make it?

[Catseye3]

Did you not once post a photo of you lying down and Jack lying on your head? Or am I making that up?

[George K]

@Catseye3 yup I did. He was a baby at the time.

Here he is on the curtain rod...

[Mik]

Awww, Brenda, I am so sorry about the little ones. Still, likely a better life than they would have had out among the slathering jaws of nature.

RIP Froggos.

[Mik]

That image is priceless, George. It should be your avatar..

[George K]

@Mik said in Okay, Brenda...:

That image is priceless, George. It should be your avatar..

I don't know that guy any more. And he looks a lot friendlier than I am my current one.

Edit to add:

Just last week, I was talking to Mrs. George. In almost 46 years of being together, we've NEVER not had animals in our home.

[Catseye3]

@George-K In almost 46 years of being together, we've NEVER not had animals in our home.
^^^^^^^

Way, way cool.

[George K]

@Catseye3

Pets we've had...

Cats

• Sadie
• Oscar
• Chervil
• Bee
• Boris
• Maggie

Dogs:

• Oscar
• Oliver
• May

Reptiles

• Jack
• Al

Horses

• Charlie
• Simon
• Gulliver

Birds

• Max
• Peanuts
• Sidney

Guinea Pigs

• Too many to mention

Many fish and aquatic frogs too...

[Catseye3]

How's m'man Sidney, speaking of Sidney?

[George K]

@Catseye3 he's good.

Gonna be 25 years old this June. He has become my bird. He's very aggressive towards Mrs. George, but lets me do anything I want with him (baths, etc), despite the fact that Mrs. George is the one who feeds him.

He spends about an hour a day sitting on my lap/shoulder/desk/hand, etc.

[George K]

I should add.

Animals and pets make your life so much fuller. Not all of them are loving (the fish) and not all of them are lovable (yeah, May, I never liked you, but I wept when we euthanized you). But all of them make you a better person because you care for them. Doesn't matter, reptiles, amphibians, rodents, horses, cats and dogs. You're a better human because you make their lives better.

[Catseye3]

[brenda]

@George-K
Jurgi was a wild frog from the yard that never was a house pet. I suspect he died a couple years ago.

The ones that died recently were Tryker, Peg, and Jacques Froggeau.

[George K]

@brenda

"Tryker"?

What's the story behind that name?