Sad Day in the Allen Home

It has been a really sad day today. . . Our first baby bearded dragon that we got, Lenny, was really acting strange this afternoon. He wasn't moving his back legs, and was really pale. He just didn't act normal. We called the vet, and they said if we brought him in they would evaluate him, and see if they could find out what was wrong. So this is what we did. Needless to say the outcome wasn't very good. The veternarian was really nice, and went out of his way to explain the problem to James and Ian ( I didn't go in because I couldn't stand to see him so sick--yes, I cried. . It has been an emotional day--believe me!) He diagnosed Lenny with a spinal cord injury. He said it could have been an injury (falling off of his log, ect.) or it could have been genetic. He checked him thouroughly, and told Ian that there wasn't anything else he could do for him. Lenny had 2 seizures while he was at the vet. So we had to put him to sleep. Ian didn't exactly understand what that meant, so James and I explained it to him. He was upset, but tried to be "tough". Tyler, his friend that gave him Lenny, had told him if either one of the lizards didn't do well, he would give him another one. So we do plan on getting Ian another lizard. It was sad for all of the kids, especially Macey. She had a more difficult time with it than anyone else. Losing a pet is always sad, even if it is as small as a little lizard.