Recent content by Achi Jo

Thanks for your reply. The debate to raise a baby tort in a sterile or closely-natural environment will then be an issue for our next tort, IF we decide to own one again.

Thank you for your reply. It is far from consolation to hear the word 'freak cause' but it seems to be more and more that way after a lot of investigating. I guess next step is acceptance.

Thank you for your reply.

Perhaps. The vet tried as much as we can to pull out the coir to see what has been ingested. Too deep. Thanks tho.

Thank u for your reply. No red bulb. Yes his veggie spilled over its dish unto the coir. We believe he kept biting into the veg leaf while ingesting coir. Which is a new behavior. No possible disease, shell and spots perfect. Live alone. At least 2x a day played/handled gently. Hand feeding...

Thanks for your reply. Correction: his mouth was filled with coir so the vet said likely cause of death was asphyxiation. Did not anymore xray as we did not want Pablo to decay further. His last poo was 830am of the morning, after his daily morning bath & sun soak.

Thanks foe your reply. We had no uv lamp, just a night light in 14 watts on the side for general lighting. It is naturally 31C in Manila, 88F and humidity at 67%

Pablo resting basket, we buried in palm plant

Joined the forum to make sense of why our baby CH tort would ingest coco coir .. Reaching out to you @immayo, to help make sense of what just happened tonight oct 13 2018 at 630pm we found our joyful baby cherryhead dead.. mouth to throat stuffed in coco coir. Frantic and shocked we called our...