We got our 2 month old baby leopard about a month and a half ago. Kanzi seemed fine upon arrival as far as we could tell. We had the set up all ready for our new baby, complete with all the recommended husbandry (thanks to all of you on here who post exact specifications needed). But immediately, we found ourselves feeling like we were caring for a very fragile and sick newborn baby. Kanzi hardly wanted to eat on most days and seemed very lethatgic. I think I have spent countless of hours on this forum reading post after post, trying to pick up as much valuable info as possible. I would get frustrated as I read how healthy baby leos should be behaving, knowing that mine wasn't showing that same behavior. I also got frustrated as I have read so many posts depicting baby leos with Kanzi's same symptoms, and learned that many times the outcome was tragic. Every few days or so, we would think we saw a little improvement; but Kanzi would go right back to being lethargic and not eating. We made sure the substrate was right, we made sure the lighting and temps were right. We followed the "correct" diet to the T. Kanzi was given a warm baby food/water soaking every morning and many times at night too. We even had our children praying for baby Kanzi. Earlier this evening, when we went to take Kanzi out for some evening sunshine, we noticed the lower sides of the shell was super soft. Softer than we had ever noticed before. And the entire shell looked darker than usual. I picked Kanzi up for a loser look and noticed the eyes and nose were a little runny. I immediately went to the internet and began to research. From what I could quickly gather, the watery eyes and runny nose were possible signs of an upper respiratory infection and the best coarse of action for that is to take the baby to the vet. We called the vets office right away and I specifically asked if they had a vet who specializes in reptiles or tortoises to be exact. They assured me that one of thier vets on duty tonight was their turtle guy and he who they send the turtles to. Off we went to see this "turtle guy" with Kanzi in hand. The vet picked Kanzi up, did a weighing (21 grams) and told us that as far as he could tell, based on what we described and by looking at our tortoise, we were dealing with a vitamin A deficiency, a calcium deficiency, and an infection. I asked if he knew where I could get some calcium drops and he replidd with a "no, your problem is a dietary one", and he asked what we were feeding Kanzi. We have been feeding spring mix mixed with mazuri. The vet said.that was all wrong and we needed to switch to kale for the vitamins and calcium. Then the vet said he was going to take the baby to the back and start an antibiotic treatment. Feeling a little uncomfortable, but knowing antibiotics would probably be best, we let him take.Kanzi. Around 7 minutes later, he returned with Kanzi and told us that he gave Kanzi 3 shots, a vitamin B shot to boost the appetite, vitamin A shot for the deficiency, and an antibiotic shot!! He also gave us eye drops to administer 3 times a day. We couldn't believe that he gave a.baby that tiny 3 shots! The vet asked us to return for a follow up visit on Friday. As soon as we left (traumatized and broke), we noticed that Kanzi was eyes-wide-opened and seemed to be peeing quite a bit. I didn't think that seemed right but had nothing to base my fears on. We couldn't turn around and go back because we were the last patient for the evening. We took Kanzi home, gave a nice warm bath and offered some food. Kanzi's eyes stayed wide open for a while, there was no eating, so we put Kanzi down for the night. I went to check on Kanzi about an hour later, and to my absolute dismay, our baby Kanzi has died. There you have it, that was my very sad night. My husband and I are devistated and we don't know how to tell the children what happened (especially since it seems that we just paid to have our baby put down). We had such great plans for our time with Kanzi.........