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My family and I are absolutely devastated, as we found two of out hatchlings dead this afternoon.
I'm completely lost as to what happened. One of them was "Riddle", the one with split scutes that had and injured shell yesterday....the other was Gruffalo...he was my baby, and had the funniest personality.
I found Riddle half eaten, and Gruffalo was fairly close to her, just completely laid out (all legs and head extended). I'm not sure if maybe he ate her, and then died.
I posted about Riddle yesterday...she had an injured shell, and seemed stressed. After a soak, and a thorough check over, she seemed fine, and I released her back into the main pen.
Early this morning, I saw Gruffalo out and eating (he was always the first one up, so this is normal). I held him for a minute, gave him a soak, and put him back in the pen...then I saw all the other torts, other than Riddle, slowly come out and eat.
I left the house for two hours, and when I came home, I found Gruffalo. That's when I searched the pen for Riddle to make sure she was okay, and to give her a soak....that's when I found her half eaten.
I'm not sure what to think or do right now. I feel super paranoid for the other 4 that are in there. I want to take them all out and redo the enclosure, but I have nowhere to put them...and it's not as if I can even go buy bins or anything today....EVERYWHERE is closed during Carnival. Nothing opens until Wednesday!!
I'm not even sure why I'm posting this...I just feel lost, and don't know what else to do. I'm sad for the loss of two babies...and at the same time, worried about the safety of four other ones.
R.I.P Riddle & Gruffalo...
p.s. sorry if this post is all over the place...I'm kind of scatter-brained right now, and can't even fix it to flow better.
I'm completely lost as to what happened. One of them was "Riddle", the one with split scutes that had and injured shell yesterday....the other was Gruffalo...he was my baby, and had the funniest personality.
I found Riddle half eaten, and Gruffalo was fairly close to her, just completely laid out (all legs and head extended). I'm not sure if maybe he ate her, and then died.
I posted about Riddle yesterday...she had an injured shell, and seemed stressed. After a soak, and a thorough check over, she seemed fine, and I released her back into the main pen.
Early this morning, I saw Gruffalo out and eating (he was always the first one up, so this is normal). I held him for a minute, gave him a soak, and put him back in the pen...then I saw all the other torts, other than Riddle, slowly come out and eat.
I left the house for two hours, and when I came home, I found Gruffalo. That's when I searched the pen for Riddle to make sure she was okay, and to give her a soak....that's when I found her half eaten.
I'm not sure what to think or do right now. I feel super paranoid for the other 4 that are in there. I want to take them all out and redo the enclosure, but I have nowhere to put them...and it's not as if I can even go buy bins or anything today....EVERYWHERE is closed during Carnival. Nothing opens until Wednesday!!
I'm not even sure why I'm posting this...I just feel lost, and don't know what else to do. I'm sad for the loss of two babies...and at the same time, worried about the safety of four other ones.
R.I.P Riddle & Gruffalo...
p.s. sorry if this post is all over the place...I'm kind of scatter-brained right now, and can't even fix it to flow better.