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The Tale Of Bowie
Bowie was a rescue. He was a stowaway on a ocean-steamer
which came from
Bonaire. He had survived a trip of two months without any food. He was
placed in the zoo for two months after which he came to me. Bowie was
just a juvenile. Whilst the zoo said we would get a ferocious big iguana.
Bowie immediately stole my heart. He was a sweet but skinny ig.
When he came to live with us he was dehydrated and starving because of
the fact that his snout was stuck together because of a little wound on
his mouth and nose.
We re-hydrated him successfully with a syringe and tried to get him to
accept baby food by syringe. After two weeks of fighting Bowie died in
the
middle of a dark Sunday night. His digestive system simply gave way because
of the
lack of food for so long.
I comfort myself with the fact that Bowie didn't have to spend his last
hours in a cold concrete enclosure with no one who loved him.
I still miss him and telling this story still brings tears to my eyes.
I honor little Bowie.
The rescue who was beyond rescuing
Love,
Esther
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