RIP Mr. Fatty
| April 10th, 2007Our California Green Tree Frog, Mr. Fatty, passed away this morning. V had an incling this would happen last night, when she poked him gently and he didn’t hop away from her. This morning, she found him stretched out in the bottom of his terrarium, motionless.
We first found Mr. Fatty in 2002, when he was discovered hopping around the bed of the ACCRC’s truck. I’d just come back from the Crazy Horse land fill in Salinas county, where I’d picked up about 6 pallets of busted televisions for recycling. Mr. Fatty hopped a ride, and managed to survived the brutal unloading process, which involved numerous pallet jacks and a forklift.
Dave found the little guy hopping around inside the truck and scooped him up. I decided I’d give him to V, as she’s so good with animals.
Well, here we are, five years later, and the poor little guy’s passed on. I don’t know about you, but five years is a long time for an amphibian to live in captivity. He ate many a cricket, had many adventures (including a daring escape!). We’ll miss you Mr. Fatty. We loved you dearly.