My Hair Might Fall Out

I am sad to report that my African Clawed Frog, Grim, has passed away. I have no idea why he did, as he was doing well, growing, and I was trying my best to keep him under great conditions. It seems I have hit a stroke of bad luck more than anything. First, I had to get rid of Annabel for her own safety, then my hognose died thanks to FedEx's flub up, and now I lost Grim. Thanks to this, I think I'll be holding off on getting any new pets for a while. Maybe now just isn't the right time for me to have another.

In good news, all of my snakes went into shed together this month. Isis got hers off quite nicely the other day. Now I am just waiting for Hatshepsut and Sauron to get theirs off. Sauron is extra moody with this shed, so much that he won't even eat. That's not particularly normal for him, but he does seem perfectly healthy otherwise. Just... frustrated.

Also, my kitten, Ninja, seems to be obsessed with snake sheds. I had one of Sauron's old ones in my floor and she went over, grabbed it up, and rolled all around in it. It was oddly adorable. She is certainly an unusual cat, but I couldn't love her more. She's usually my cuddle-buddy when I'm online typing up my blogs, but she seems to be elsewhere right now. She's probably taking a nap on top of some clean laundry. As is the life of a cat.

Clawed Frog Growth: Week One

Suggested by my friend, LupusDarkmoon, I'll be documenting the growth of my froglet. I was a little confused at first on how I was going to do this. I went through the typical things, like setting him next to a quarter or something... but of course, decided on something a bit different.

Years ago, I received a tiny temple statue that would be perfect for aquariums. It really is small. Here are a few pictures of it (including one of it next to a typically sized highlighter. Not one of the big ones. Pen sized, if you will.).


Well, I've set it in his aquarium and will be taking pictures of him next to it every week, after I clean his tank. Here is what he looks like beside it now. He's already a little bigger than he was when I first got him, but not by much.

(Yes, that is food next to him, lol.)

Sadly, though, he seems to be a bit shy about getting his photo taken. Notice his little hand over his face in this one.