Big Bertha Doing Great

[Tidgy's Dad]

Yes and I'd like to apologize to anyone I've made crazy by all of these posts.
The truth is that there is no one here locally that gives a damn.
I do my venting here.

You are more than welcome, Ed.
We share this with you, don't apologize, it'd be terrible if we didn't know what was going on after all this time.
With you and Bertha all the way, my friend.

 

[Lyn W]

Bertha's still with you and so are we Ed - all the way!
My positive thoughts and good wishes are with you both.

 

[Dylanruenz]

Keep us updated, she is a fighter! I wish you the best =)

 

[newCH]

Wow, you deserve to vent. Hang in there.
Best wishes she hangs in there.

 

[Odin's Gma]

I am on pins and needles waiting for news, I actually awoke in the middle of the night thinking of you both. Wishing you the best.

 

[Gillian M]

It's been raining and I haven't wanted Berthas operation area to get dirty, so I've kept her in her 60 gallon tote for two days.
She ate this morning and I went out grocery shopping and came back to find her dead.
Apparently she tried to climb up the corner with her neck extended and slid back down.
I found her jammed into the corner with her head and neck up in the air.
She is limp with her eyes open. Arms dangling and no movement or reaction.
She's gone.
Thanks again for everyone's help.

Heard that Bertha is alive.....what a reief, and good news it really was.

 

[Gillian M]

I don't want to raise hopes, as she's probably dead, but aren't tortoises supposed to go stiff and have shrunken eyes when they're dead?
i've heard of them going into shock and being seemingly dead and not reacting to a stimulus and then recovering.
if you are in any doubt at all then give her warm soaks and touch her feet .
I'm horrified by this, but would feel awful if I thought that you'd buried a live tortoise.
Sorry again, Ed, but I was fond of the little girl myself.
Sorry.

Hope is the last thing to die.

 

[Anyfoot]

Bertha has died. Not from illness or starvation. But from a freak accident inside her 60 gallon tote that was intended to keep her safe.
She must have tried to climb up the corner of her tote with her renewed energy and slid down with her neck extended and suffocated.
She was found jammed in the corner with her head looking straight up. Neck extended. Eyes open and very dead.
After all of this, she still didn't make it.
I'm quite sick about this.
Thanks for your support.

For xxxx sake. I'm gutted. This has upset me. So sorry ed. I can't believe it.

 

[Lyn W]

For xxxx sake. I'm gutted. This has upset me. So sorry ed. I can't believe it.

Read on in Big bertha has died Craig - all is not lost!!!

 

[tortdad]

How is she this morning Ed

 

[Anyfoot]

Read on in Big bertha has died Craig - all is not lost!!!

Where is the thread. I can't find it. Getting hairiated here. Computer not working and phone is crap. What section is it. Thanks Lyn. I'm shaking.

 

[Lyn W]

It's in tort health section - Big Bertha has died

 

[Anyfoot]

Yes and I'd like to apologize to anyone I've made crazy by all of these posts.
The truth is that there is no one here locally that gives a damn.
I do my venting here.

Ed. I've only just heard about your dead living Bertha. Jesus Christ ed. That knocked me for 6. Glad we are overseas friends. Dont think I could cope with you as a close friend. never a dull moment. Anyway. What's happening now. Is she OK. Are you OK more to the point.

 

[kathyth]

I'm pulling for Bertha!!

 

[tortadise]

That's very unfortunate to hear. I'd recommend a necropsy. It's hard to think about, but it will yield numerous results that were in question during the whole time of her ailments. Histopath would be great too. Is the corpse still in tact at all and hasn't been warm or decomposing?

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

That's very unfortunate to hear. I'd recommend a necropsy. It's hard to think about, but it will yield numerous results that were in question during the whole time of her ailments. Histopath would be great too. Is the corpse still in tact at all and hasn't been warm or decomposing?

Still alive, we hope.

 

[JoesMum]

How are things going? It seems like the whole forum is sending willpower to keep her going... Hang on in there Bertha.

 

[stojanovski92113]

???!!! I can't take the anticipation anymore

 

[Anyfoot]

Yes and I'd like to apologize to anyone I've made crazy by all of these posts.
The truth is that there is no one here locally that gives a damn.
I do my venting here.

What's happening ed?

 

[ZEROPILOT]

She is alive this morning and won't come out of her shell although when I put her outside this morning she walked about five feet to sit on a cement pad.
She is once again very lethargic and she is no longer eating and not drinking when i soak her so it's all tube feedings again.
She and I and her poo sample are going back to the vet for the most extensive round of tests ever.
No NOT dead.