My final baby indian star passed away...

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relaxkuma123

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I bought 3 idian stars (1.5") last month from JJ.
After bought a couple of day, one of them died (I had not been yet even named him)...

Last week another one "Daoden" died..

And today the last one "Pingpong" passed away..

Without any signs happened, before died, they still ate and active,
Someone please tell me..why they passed away so fast..
http://youtu.be/rX4aAzPLIao
 

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Sorry for your loss. This might not have applied but do you continue to house your tortoises together?
 

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That's really sad. They were so pretty too. They might have some kind of disease or virus. I hope they rest in peace :(
I hope your other torts are ok. I recommend getting them checked to be safe.
 

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Well, not even a vet could make an accurate diagnosis without physically seeing the tortoise.
So here is my 'guess' as to a couple of possible contributing factors to the tortoises deaths. And some things to consider with your remaining tortoises.

-Separate the different species
-They need daily sun exposure
-Separate the species
-Until you find out what's wrong, separate the individual tortoises within the separate species.

That might help, I'm no vet. Just passing along what I would do in that situation. Also, what type of substrate are they on?
 

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tough loss. I think you should seperate the species.
 

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Sorry for your loss :( I know it's been said you have a awesome group of tort I would hate to see you loss more you need to seperate them
 

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Oh, Ekkapat! I'm so sorry.
 

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I am sorry for your loss. I know it is hard to lose something or someone that you have become attached to. I hope you find closure soon and continue your love for your Torts.
 

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Really saddened to hear of your losses.

Did you recently change the substrate in the enclosure? Those tiny pebbles near the flower pot hide are highly suspect. I didn't see them in the pictures on facebook.
 

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so sorry for you. good luck with your others. hope you can find the source of your problem. 8-(
 

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I don't see a heat source and your enclosure looks to be placed humbly in the shade. Maybe they caught a cold. If you ever decide to try your hands with any star torts, I would house them indoors (especially at that age) put a UVB/UVA mercury vapor and at night place a heating pad at one end of the enclosure. When I was a child and didn't know anything about tortoises I had one without a heat source and it weakened and eventually perished. I feel like heat might be a big issue in your case, especially with stars they are tropical torts and I understand you're in Thailand, but still they might need a hotspot to warm up and to digest their food. Try that and I would actually still apply those things I mentioned to your current setup. Sulcatas are a bit more hardy but leopard should be given a warm dry area. Your setup looks a bit chilly.

relaxkuma123 said:
I bought 3 idian stars (1.5") last month from JJ.
After bought a couple of day, one of them died (I had not been yet even named him)...

Last week another one "Daoden" died..

And today the last one "Pingpong" passed away..

Without any signs happened, before died, they still ate and active,
Someone please tell me..why they passed away so fast..
http://youtu.be/rX4aAzPLIao
 

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What are the temperatures in the various parts of the enclosures? Day and night?

Do you have an IR thermometer?
 

relaxkuma123

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Previously I have no IR thermometer.
But I've just bought digital thermometer, And I'll keep temp inside enclosure around 80-90 F
 
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