Help just found one of my russians dead

[AcidElvis]

Just found Putter,one of Russians dead. He was fine yesterday when I took him out and walked around the yard. When I found him today in his tortoise table he had weird white pastey stuff coming out of his rectum. Any idea what that was??


*Original post was misleading, changed it

 

[AZtortMom]

Just found one of my russians dead

Oh no!! That's awful! I'm so sorry! How long was he outside? Is it hot out?


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[AcidElvis]

RE: Just found one of my russians dead

No it was about 75 degrees and he was only out for 10 minutes

 

[tortadise]

RE: Just found one of my russians dead

Sorry to hear this. Necropsy will be your best bet to finding out.

 

[AZtortMom]

how is your other tort acting? Is it possible he may have gotten into something? The white stuff can be anything...


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[kanalomele]

Aww im so sorry! What a terrible and shocking loss.

 

[mctlong]

So sorry to hear this.

 

[AcidElvis]

The other tort is being himself. His habits habits haven't changed at all. I'm hoping it wasn't something on the grass outside.

 

[tortadise]

If it truly was 10 minutes. Then it had to be something relatively toxic if it was in the grass. Was he in direct sunlight with no way to shelter himself perhaps?

 

[Momof4]

So sorry for your loss

 

[Chinque]

Oh my gosh! I am soooo sorry for you! That is terrible!! -_-*

 

[mctlong]

The white stuff could be some postmortem fluid and may not be indicative of what killed him. Does your other tort live in the same enclosure and eat the same grass as the one that died?