Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY PICTURES # 109, 1 by Domehomedee

Domehomedee wrote:
It's been a bit sad for me this evening. I rescued a monarch at dusk that was having trouble getting out of his cocoon. Who knows how long he had been trying, when I found him it was obvious he was stuck. I took the cocoon down and carefully helped him get out. He didn't seem interested in spreading his wings and it was getting cold outside so I brought him in. Worried that his wings had dried all folded up I carefully misted him and put him in a terrarium upside down on a leaf. No movement for an hour so I tried to feed him some sugar water. He did seem to eat, but he still hasn't opened his wings. Not a lot of hope for a recovery, I guess sometimes we just have to do our best and let go.
Not real big on letting go today, my pet frog went to frog heaven yesterday. He was almost 8 years old, and will be missed.