I was giving Arnold a warm water soak and took him out for only a second so I could grab a towel next to me to dry him and I have two white plastic trash bags under his table top enclosure incase any of his coir or cypress mulch got out and when I placed him on my floor so I could dry him off he went for a bite at the trash bag and I tried for the life of me to open his mouth incase he really tried eating it. It happened so fast I don't know if he just let go of the bag or if a little got in his mouth when I picked him up away from it. Everything has been going so well with him that I haven't been on here in months and this is the first time anything bad has happened while caring for him. I feel like the worst tortoise owner for this happening and am keeping him hydrated, gave him another water soak to try to see if he will pass that bite he got ahold of.
I've been crying and freaking out already, so please I hope no one will tell me how awful I was to not think anything of a trash bag. I've always been so careful with everything making sure I do everything right. He has pooped since this and I have been sitting next to his enclosure for he past half hour since it happened to keep an eye on anything else passing through. He's very alert and walking around his enclosure like he usually does and is sunbathing right now under his powersun bulb but I am worried he will die from it. Arnold is all I really have good going for me right now so if something were to happen to him I don't know what I would do. Please if anyone else knows what I can do to try to help the piece of bag pass through would be greatly appreciated.
I've been crying and freaking out already, so please I hope no one will tell me how awful I was to not think anything of a trash bag. I've always been so careful with everything making sure I do everything right. He has pooped since this and I have been sitting next to his enclosure for he past half hour since it happened to keep an eye on anything else passing through. He's very alert and walking around his enclosure like he usually does and is sunbathing right now under his powersun bulb but I am worried he will die from it. Arnold is all I really have good going for me right now so if something were to happen to him I don't know what I would do. Please if anyone else knows what I can do to try to help the piece of bag pass through would be greatly appreciated.