You will be with us forever.

Mokey was our Super Giant Leopard Geko. We raised him since he was a tiny baby and were fortunate to have him for the three short years we did.

This past June he became listless out of nowhere and had trouble shedding. After a few days of noticing this we took him to our local reptile store (where we know everyone and do everything). There was a bump on his mouth. One of our guys checked him out and said he would be just fine, that he had an infection that was common but to rinse with peroxide once a day for a week and it would be all gone and he would be good as new.

So we did just that. We rinsed the area with a plastic syringe and after the first day it already looked better. Before the week was over it was all gone.

The picture posted here was less than 24 hours before we found him dead. He went from perfect to something's not right to gone within a matter of less than two weeks. Everything happened so fast and we did everything we could and are left feeling empty and heartbroken.

Animals are never just animals to me, they are best friends...companions...children. Mokey was our strapping young son. Mokey was going to live out his whole life of 30 years and pass away a happy old man. We were just about to get him a little girlfriend as soon as he was better. Hopefully he has found her wherever he is.

We miss you and we love you Mokey. You will always be in our hearts.

~Mom and Dad