Hello all. I haven't been on here much because last month, on August 27th, my mother passed away suddenly.
No one on here really knows me well enough to know this, but my mother truly was my best friend. I spent everyday with her, called her/texted if we weren't around...it was devastating to me.
From that moment on, things have been going downhill to put it mildly. The culmination, my last straw, was the sudden passing of Piglet today. I am hoping someone may have an idea as to what could have happened.
He was lethargic in the morning, and I decided to give him a baby food soak (carrot) to see if I could rouse his appetite. I was dropping my husband off at work, and the carrot gerber was on sale for $0.45, so I thought why not? He ALWAYS eats in the mornings, and I honestly thought this could not hurt because the nutrients are good anyway, right? He had not been in the sun for the past two days, so this would make up for it, I hoped.
Unfortunately, that did not do the trick. Quite the opposite. He passed away moments after the start of the soak. I was stunned. In all honestly, I actually set him in his outdoor enclosure for a good 20 minutes because I could not even believe he could have passed away so quickly.
If anyone has any idea on what could have happened PLEASE let me know. A sudden death such as this does not seem common, and it was very shocking and devastating to say the very least.
The last thing he ate was watermelon yesterday. The temps were between 78 (cool) and about 83-85 (warm). He was kept very humid, but that is normal for this type of tortoise (and possibly for most others, but I understand that that is a debatable topic for some). He drank plenty of water everyday. One thing I will say, which was weird, was right before *I* went to sleep last night (around 1 am), he kept opening his mouth (like yawning). There were no bubbles, however, and no wheezing.
Thank you in advance for any information you guys can give me.
I put this into the off-topic section because of my mentioning my mom's passing. I was going to mention a lot more, but I don't feel I should burden anyone with reading my other woes. I fully understand if a mod wants to move this.
No one on here really knows me well enough to know this, but my mother truly was my best friend. I spent everyday with her, called her/texted if we weren't around...it was devastating to me.
From that moment on, things have been going downhill to put it mildly. The culmination, my last straw, was the sudden passing of Piglet today. I am hoping someone may have an idea as to what could have happened.
He was lethargic in the morning, and I decided to give him a baby food soak (carrot) to see if I could rouse his appetite. I was dropping my husband off at work, and the carrot gerber was on sale for $0.45, so I thought why not? He ALWAYS eats in the mornings, and I honestly thought this could not hurt because the nutrients are good anyway, right? He had not been in the sun for the past two days, so this would make up for it, I hoped.
Unfortunately, that did not do the trick. Quite the opposite. He passed away moments after the start of the soak. I was stunned. In all honestly, I actually set him in his outdoor enclosure for a good 20 minutes because I could not even believe he could have passed away so quickly.
If anyone has any idea on what could have happened PLEASE let me know. A sudden death such as this does not seem common, and it was very shocking and devastating to say the very least.
The last thing he ate was watermelon yesterday. The temps were between 78 (cool) and about 83-85 (warm). He was kept very humid, but that is normal for this type of tortoise (and possibly for most others, but I understand that that is a debatable topic for some). He drank plenty of water everyday. One thing I will say, which was weird, was right before *I* went to sleep last night (around 1 am), he kept opening his mouth (like yawning). There were no bubbles, however, and no wheezing.
Thank you in advance for any information you guys can give me.
I put this into the off-topic section because of my mentioning my mom's passing. I was going to mention a lot more, but I don't feel I should burden anyone with reading my other woes. I fully understand if a mod wants to move this.
