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Haven't posted in a long while and I hate to post with such a tragic topic. But this evening when I woke up and went to check on all of the turtles and torts I found our Florida Snapper upside down in his tank and he was gone.
Had gotten him for my husband a few months back,( He really wanted a turtle of his own since he sees all the others as mine and I was all the happy to satisfy him because I know how joyful they all are) and he is awfully devastated. Well as devastated as he will let me see. I would like some peace of mind in knowing what we did wrong or what went wrong as the little guy was always very healthy.
We acquired him, Tokka, four or so months ago. Since we have had him he has tripled his size. He always had quite the appetite as is common with Snappers. He was feed once a day, typically a pellet food and then a little treat of fish, insect or worms. He was housed in a 20 gallon aquarium with a gravel base, ( rocks too big to eat ) a large piece of driftwood and plants for hiding in. He also had a filter, so his water was always clean.
Two days ago Brandon cleaned his aquarium as is pretty normal monthly. We noticed then afterwards that he wouldn't eat. Since it seems to be common for them to stop eating when they are cold we added a light to boost his heat up from 77 degrees to 82 degrees. He was still active and reactive the same but he still would not eat.
Any further insight would be greatly appreciated.
Had gotten him for my husband a few months back,( He really wanted a turtle of his own since he sees all the others as mine and I was all the happy to satisfy him because I know how joyful they all are) and he is awfully devastated. Well as devastated as he will let me see. I would like some peace of mind in knowing what we did wrong or what went wrong as the little guy was always very healthy.
We acquired him, Tokka, four or so months ago. Since we have had him he has tripled his size. He always had quite the appetite as is common with Snappers. He was feed once a day, typically a pellet food and then a little treat of fish, insect or worms. He was housed in a 20 gallon aquarium with a gravel base, ( rocks too big to eat ) a large piece of driftwood and plants for hiding in. He also had a filter, so his water was always clean.
Two days ago Brandon cleaned his aquarium as is pretty normal monthly. We noticed then afterwards that he wouldn't eat. Since it seems to be common for them to stop eating when they are cold we added a light to boost his heat up from 77 degrees to 82 degrees. He was still active and reactive the same but he still would not eat.
Any further insight would be greatly appreciated.
