I am so devastated and didn’t know where else to turn, so here I am. A few of you may remember my thread from 12 years ago about Heidi, Frosty and Frank. Great folks here helped me save the 3 hatchlings whom were near death. Heidi was the weakest hatchling but she eventually pulled through, becoming the strongest and the largest tort out of the 3.
We found Heidi flipped and deceased this morning.
We usually check on them morning and evening, but skipped checking last night. I don’t know if it would have made a difference but I am wondering if we could have saved him still.
We have separate enclosures and separate food and water source for each tort since they are all male, and Frosty and Heidi like to fight each other.
Recently, Frosty wants to bully Heidi. Yesterday, we found frosty in the same enclosure and he has scratches on the carapace. I am assuming Frosty somehow got in (how is a mystery ) and they fought. I assume Heidi was flipped sometime in the afternoon in the extreme heat (H 107) and could not flip back over.
We plan to cremate him. I miss him dearly and I thank Heidi for giving us 12 years of joy and happiness. Thank you for listening. I thought you might understand better than my immediate circle of friends and family.
We found Heidi flipped and deceased this morning.
We usually check on them morning and evening, but skipped checking last night. I don’t know if it would have made a difference but I am wondering if we could have saved him still.
We have separate enclosures and separate food and water source for each tort since they are all male, and Frosty and Heidi like to fight each other.
Recently, Frosty wants to bully Heidi. Yesterday, we found frosty in the same enclosure and he has scratches on the carapace. I am assuming Frosty somehow got in (how is a mystery ) and they fought. I assume Heidi was flipped sometime in the afternoon in the extreme heat (H 107) and could not flip back over.
We plan to cremate him. I miss him dearly and I thank Heidi for giving us 12 years of joy and happiness. Thank you for listening. I thought you might understand better than my immediate circle of friends and family.