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Hi there,
I am a first time poster, very sad today, just looking for some answers. I have just lost my beautiful 22 years old Australian Murray short neck tortoise. Her name was Tinkerbelle. I have had her in captivity since she was a tiny baby, she has a mate, and even layed eggs every year. Apparently it's pretty rare for an inside tortoise to lay eggs. She was a happy little (10") soul, I guess.
As I now live in a tiny flat, and Tinkerbelle's home was a 6' water tank, my parents have been looking after her for me for the last year and doing a wonderful job.
Just last week my mum took her to the vet for what the vet said looked to be an alkaline burn on her nose. The vet gave mum some cream to apply. When I went to see my now deceased poor girl this afternoon, my first words were "Her nose is blocked..." by the cream which had been applied. My mum said that the vet was OK with her nose being blocked, and my dad followed with she can breathe through her mouth.
As it's still quite cool here, and we're just coming into spring, I am not sure that she would breathe through her mouth if she was still a bit sleepy after coming out of hybernation. She was not in the water when she died, but was out of the tank in the dry.
Is it possible that my tortoise died because her nose was completely blocked?
Any advise would be greatly appreciated. She was always so healthy :-(
Thank you, Jodie
I am a first time poster, very sad today, just looking for some answers. I have just lost my beautiful 22 years old Australian Murray short neck tortoise. Her name was Tinkerbelle. I have had her in captivity since she was a tiny baby, she has a mate, and even layed eggs every year. Apparently it's pretty rare for an inside tortoise to lay eggs. She was a happy little (10") soul, I guess.
As I now live in a tiny flat, and Tinkerbelle's home was a 6' water tank, my parents have been looking after her for me for the last year and doing a wonderful job.
Just last week my mum took her to the vet for what the vet said looked to be an alkaline burn on her nose. The vet gave mum some cream to apply. When I went to see my now deceased poor girl this afternoon, my first words were "Her nose is blocked..." by the cream which had been applied. My mum said that the vet was OK with her nose being blocked, and my dad followed with she can breathe through her mouth.
As it's still quite cool here, and we're just coming into spring, I am not sure that she would breathe through her mouth if she was still a bit sleepy after coming out of hybernation. She was not in the water when she died, but was out of the tank in the dry.
Is it possible that my tortoise died because her nose was completely blocked?
Any advise would be greatly appreciated. She was always so healthy :-(
Thank you, Jodie