Reptilian Feline
Active Member
I was making arrangements for having the breeder switch the tortoise out as he had said he would if I wanted to. We were trying to figure out how I could get the new one, and he could take back the little one. The little one was eating less and being really "quiet". The next moring I found him in the same possition as the evening before and when I checked on him, he was dead. I had suspected it might happen, but I tried so hard to make things right I hoped he would still be OK. But there is no point in whipping a dead horse, is there?
I told the breeder I was so tired of it, that I just wanted my money back. He said, sorry, but all I could get was a new tort, just send him pictures of the dead one. He also suggested he had someone drop the new one off at my local herp shop where I kind of know the owner. I told the herp shop owner when I stopped by to pick up some crickets and he was OK with it.
I sent the pictures to the breeder and ask if he could send me pictures of the new one, maybe with a video of it eating and lenght and weight. I replide with an OK about the shop owner's reply and nothing more... no pictures, no size. I am worried.
I will clean the "hospital ward"-enclosure properly, and set it up for a new little one, hoping that what I get isn't a sick little leo tort, but a healthy one.
I have read a number of hatchling posts here now, and from what I can tell, the little one never stood a chance. He didn't eat properly, he was a bit thin, and not very active at all. He's plastron was a bit too soft, I think I would have been able to put my finger nails through it if I had been so inclined (even the thought makes me sick).
The only good thing about all this, is that I am better prepared, the setup will be ready for its new inhabitant, the summer might finally be here, and I know what to look for in a sick baby tort. I wish I could have my money back instead of a new tort from the same breeder, but unfortunately I won't be that lucky, I can't even pick among those he has.
Fingers crossed, next weekend I'll be a happy leo tort mommy!
I told the breeder I was so tired of it, that I just wanted my money back. He said, sorry, but all I could get was a new tort, just send him pictures of the dead one. He also suggested he had someone drop the new one off at my local herp shop where I kind of know the owner. I told the herp shop owner when I stopped by to pick up some crickets and he was OK with it.
I sent the pictures to the breeder and ask if he could send me pictures of the new one, maybe with a video of it eating and lenght and weight. I replide with an OK about the shop owner's reply and nothing more... no pictures, no size. I am worried.
I will clean the "hospital ward"-enclosure properly, and set it up for a new little one, hoping that what I get isn't a sick little leo tort, but a healthy one.
I have read a number of hatchling posts here now, and from what I can tell, the little one never stood a chance. He didn't eat properly, he was a bit thin, and not very active at all. He's plastron was a bit too soft, I think I would have been able to put my finger nails through it if I had been so inclined (even the thought makes me sick).
The only good thing about all this, is that I am better prepared, the setup will be ready for its new inhabitant, the summer might finally be here, and I know what to look for in a sick baby tort. I wish I could have my money back instead of a new tort from the same breeder, but unfortunately I won't be that lucky, I can't even pick among those he has.
Fingers crossed, next weekend I'll be a happy leo tort mommy!
