JaymeR
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OMG I just found my desert tortoise dead!!!! I don’t even know what to say!
I have/had 2 tortoises. One is female and prob late 20s or early 30s. Then I had an almost 12 year old that I have had since it was about 1. He is very active and actually woke up earlier then our big one. I had them hibernating in the garage in a dog kennel because we got some rain and I had to move them. He wanted out a couple weeks ago so I let him out in the back for a few days then we got more rain so to be safe I just put him back in the kennel because the big one was still in there. Sunday I looked in the kennel and it looked like both turtles were laying in a puddle and I assumed one had peed. The weather was nice again so I put them both in the backyard. Yesterday I went to check and the little was sleeping and our big one was roaming. I though to check on the little but didn’t. I just went outside and he was in the same spot so I checked, he wasn’t moving. He doesn’t really look dead but he is, must have died in the last 24 hours! I don’t even know what went wrong, why he would die all of the sudden! I don’t even know what to tell my kids when they get home!
I have/had 2 tortoises. One is female and prob late 20s or early 30s. Then I had an almost 12 year old that I have had since it was about 1. He is very active and actually woke up earlier then our big one. I had them hibernating in the garage in a dog kennel because we got some rain and I had to move them. He wanted out a couple weeks ago so I let him out in the back for a few days then we got more rain so to be safe I just put him back in the kennel because the big one was still in there. Sunday I looked in the kennel and it looked like both turtles were laying in a puddle and I assumed one had peed. The weather was nice again so I put them both in the backyard. Yesterday I went to check and the little was sleeping and our big one was roaming. I though to check on the little but didn’t. I just went outside and he was in the same spot so I checked, he wasn’t moving. He doesn’t really look dead but he is, must have died in the last 24 hours! I don’t even know what went wrong, why he would die all of the sudden! I don’t even know what to tell my kids when they get home!