Dead boxie

[CGKeith]

I am so bummed. I found my big male Eastern boxie, dead, under a plant in his enclosure yesterday after work. All 4 legs and head out flat.

I haven't seen any signs of problems, no predators, other than a stray cat once in a while, but it doesn't look like he was injured like that anyway.

I didn't have him very long, just a few months. Was pretty active, even mated during the time I had him.

Don't see many like him around.

I guess I will have to hope he left me a son of his (yet to hatch).

 

[Kristina]

I am very very sorry for your loss

 

[Missy]

Oh how sad. Sorry for your loss

 

[spikethebest]

oh no. I am sooo sorry. I have lost an eastern box in the past. its a horrible thing. only time will help partially heal the wound.

 

[RV's mom]

I'm sorry for your loss. Hope you have some fertile eggs . .

 

[hali]

oh dear thats sad im so sorry

 

[Maggie Cummings]

I am so sorry, he was beautiful, sad to lose a beautiful guy like that...
Lots of death happening around here lately...

 

[dmmj]

sorry to hear, but if you got him as an adult who knows how old he was?

 

[movealongmosey]

I'm so sorry to hear he's gone, though he definitely was a stud.

 

[mightyclyde]

Hmmm... sorry to hear he is late. Boxies are sweeties ~ If he had to go, I'm glad he was out in the garden in his "stomping grounds".

 

[Neal]

It's tricky raising box turtles for anyone anywhere let alone for us here in AZ, that's why I switched over to tortoises. It's likely he became overheated...but who know's for sure. Sorry for your loss.

 

[shellfreak]

bogus. so sorry for your loss. hopefully he did leave behind a son...keep us posted when they hatch.

 

[terryo]

I'm sorry for the loss of your beautiful boxie. Hopefully he will have left you with a little offspring, just as beautiful as he was. The heat here has been terrible, and some of my boxies have stayed buried in their cave for most of the day.

 

[CGKeith]

Thanks everybody for your kind words.

 

[Yvonne G]

That's real hard to hear. I'm so sorry. My first impression, since you didn't have him very long, was that he might have been hiding an illness. He was a beauty!