That's a crap deal! When I had a couple, one became paralized from the waist down, can't remember the exact cause. but with B12 he eventually pulled through and started whipping me like a champ once again. He was a happy whipper that guy.Originally posted by Tik-Tok
He's actually my wife's, and she does take good care of him. She's had him for 11 years I think (longer than we've been together, as she likes to mention, lol)
Sadly, his whipping days are over. He got dry rot (gangrene) in his tail a few years ago from some unshed skin, and although he pulled through, the tail didn't make it, so it's about 6" shorter than it should be, and nubby instead of whip like.
Unfortunately also at that time, when we took him to the vet, they REALLY mishandled him, and broke several of his spikes too, he's still happy and healthy though.