I once buried a ;pet hamster that had died,and the next day i found him running around the garden
Did you trek past the deadfall and into the acrid smelling ancient indian burial ground to bury him?
Did he come back "different"?
I once buried a ;pet hamster that had died,and the next day i found him running around the garden
My herman tortoise just died. He came out of hibernation about 3 weeks ago and hasn't eaten for the past week. Yesterday I found maggots around and inside his tail, took them out and took him to the vet who said he probably has internal infection and kidney failure. Gave him a antibiotic shot and parasitic drops and told me to soak him in vitamin and mineral solution. This morning he hardly responded. I kept him heated well but after a few hours he became stiff. Went to vet and he confirmed he is dead. Am still hoping he is not but was going to bury him in a few hours and now i stumble upon your post. he does not smell yet. kept him warm still. Do they still keep retracted in their shell when they die? I really do not wish to bury him if he is still alive. Don t really know how the vet came to the conclusion as he was busy and saw the tortoise alone.I recently had a case where a tortoise had died unexpectedly. I planned to bury her the next day and when I looked the next morning, she was looking back at me, alive.
A word of warning about tortoises that look dead. They can and do go into a coma like state and sometimes come back out. I've found that it is not all that unusual.
I even touched my tortoises open and glassed over eyeball. No reaction.
Any tortoise that has died I would strongly recommend that you wait at least two days to dispose of them. And do not assume that any tortoise with limp and dangling arms are dead.
I almost buried a live animal.
I touched...Even poked Bertha in the eyes and yanked and poked everything else that I could touch. No response.I pull on a back leg, if no resistance, dead, if resistance alive. If dead I put them on the washer and if they are in the same position in the morning, dead. I also touch an eye, it will move if alive. I kept Bob in the house for over 24 hrs before I buried him. I'd go in from time to time hoping I could feel a breath. It was a nightmare
Maggie, I'm very sad for you. All of us here loved your Bob. I know how devastating losing him must have been. I think it's incredibly brave of you that you're willing to re-live those painful times just to help others sort out similar or related events.I pull on a leg to see if there's resistance. If there is, they're alive, if no resistance dead. Then I wrap them up and put them on the washer overnight, if there's no movement by morning, dead and buried. I waited for 24 hours to make sure Bob was dead. Then I dug him up the day after I buried him just to make sure he was dead, and I missed him. It was yucky, been raining. Thought I was standing in mud, it was blood.
I pull on a leg to see if there's resistance. If there is, they're alive, if no resistance dead. Then I wrap them up and put them on the washer overnight, if there's no movement by morning, dead and buried. I waited for 24 hours to make sure Bob was dead. Then I dug him up the day after I buried him just to make sure he was dead, and I missed him. It was yucky, been raining. Thought I was standing in mud, it was blood.
Did you trek past the deadfall and into the acrid smelling ancient indian burial ground to bury him?
Did he come back "different"?
I recently had a case where a tortoise had died unexpectedly. I planned to bury her the next day and when I looked the next morning, she was looking back at me, alive.
A word of warning about tortoises that look dead. They can and do go into a coma like state and sometimes come back out. I've found that it is not all that unusual.
I even touched my tortoises open and glassed over eyeball. No reaction.
Any tortoise that has died I would strongly recommend that you wait at least two days to dispose of them. And do not assume that any tortoise with limp and dangling arms are dead.
I almost buried a live animal.