It could just be old age. She should've been at least 30-35 now, but that's not including how long she was with her original owner. We don't know how long her original owner had her for, as she was brought from Brazil and she passed through a few different owners. She's a red-footed tortoise so...
Yes, we buried her about an hour ago. We couldn't see or feel any breathing when holding either our fingers or a tissue up to her nose and she has started to smell a little bit. Thank you guys for the advice the other day.
We've tried pulling her head out but it slowly retracts when we do. The legs aren't stiff either, they're limp. Also touching her closed eyes get no response. There's no detectable odour as she was up and moving around this morning. We only saw her like this after being out for the day.
My tortoise is limp and unresponsive, but her head is retracted. Also her eyes are a bit sunken. Could she just be hibernating or is she dead? We've had her for a decade and whenever she has hibernated she hasn't been like this.