I regret to say I found Sweet Pea had passed away some time last night. She had been reclusive for a few weeks, but I thought it was because Indy (my male) was being to aggressive, so I split them up into two seperate bedrooms. At first it seemed to be working as she became less reclusive after a couple of days, but then disappeared again late last week. She did come out to chew on a pine nut and sat on my arm, but then almost fell off and had to catch herself; very unlike her. She hadn't had any problems eating nuts so I didn't think it was MDB. My thinking was that her right rear leg was injured from a duct tape accident about a year ago, and it had become re-injured. This morning I stuck her morning pine nut in front of her nesting box and she didn't come out to get it. Then I noticed none of her food had been touched during the night and decided to sneak a peek into her box. She was rolled up into a ball, like she always does when it gets cold, but when i poked her she didn't respond. Sweet Pea was only semi-domesticated, having been a wildlife rescue. She always responded immedeately to being touched (I never was able to hold her outright, I just let her crawl on me) and usually attempted to scurry away immeately, but this time nothing.
I was on my way out the door to go to work, so I left her there rolled up; she looked so comfertable that way. I will verify when I get home that she is actually dead, and not in some unusually deep sleep, but I don't have much hope.
I will bury her in the hanging pouch she lived in when I first brought her home. She lived in it two months while I built her mansion of a cage. I have great memories of those first few months; she had so much energy I could hear her flying around her room all night (she had her own bedroom). I took her probably 6 weeks before she would actually climb onto me to explore or take a nut from me. I will definately miss her. I am sure Indy already does.
