So sorry for your loss 
R.I.P. Corn Dog
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So so very sorry for your loss. Is is possible she got into some poison outside? Maybe poisonous plant or dog poop with ivermectin in it? I don’t know. Something had to cause her to get sick.
I had that same thought and I’m really pretty careful about checking what plants she had access to and there wasn’t any way she came across and dog poop in her enclosure. The only thing that I’ve been wondering about is if she came into contact with a fire ant mound by chance. We have had some heavy rains a couple days over the past couple weeks and our fire ant populations around my house seem to be massive.
Bambam1989
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I would think that if fire ants got her you would have noticed bumps or redness.
vvildflower
New Member
I'm so so sorry for your loss.. my Russian once got lost in my 5 acre yard overnight and I was heartbroken. I can't even imagine how it must feel to find her dead[emoji20] and it doesn't sound like it was your fault! you took care of her very well and did the best you could do. it's difficult with torts because they hardly show any symptoms when they're sick. you did the right thing for scheduling the vet appointment, but I'm sorry she wasn't able to make it there.
please don't rehome your other tort! neither of the incidents sound like they were your fault! tortoises are masters of burrowing and escape outdoor enclosures all the time, so that definitely wasn't your fault. and you did your best taking care of Corndog. you sound like a wonderful tortoise parent who has just had sad experiences with them.
please don't rehome your other tort! neither of the incidents sound like they were your fault! tortoises are masters of burrowing and escape outdoor enclosures all the time, so that definitely wasn't your fault. and you did your best taking care of Corndog. you sound like a wonderful tortoise parent who has just had sad experiences with them.
So sorry [emoji22]. I have a russian too. They are the best.
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I'm so sorry for your loss! That must be so hard! I'm glad she had a good life before she passed. Corn Dog will live on in your heart.
I am so sorry to hear about your tortoise.
I know you are devastated but if you can manage, don’t make any hasty decisions about your male tortoise. Give yourself time to grieve.
I know you are devastated but if you can manage, don’t make any hasty decisions about your male tortoise. Give yourself time to grieve.
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no one
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So sorry for your loss!! It is the pain speaking right know, please don't make a hasty decision like others said aswell. I know how it feels. The hurt of loosing and to go doubting yourselve after the loss... Take the time to grief. I think you if you did rehome your Russian male you would regret it in time. Take care...
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Sorry to hear this! RIP Corn Dog
Ronnycyr
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I’m so sorry! My name is Ronny and I’m new, but my heart is broken for you! I have a little Russian girl named Turbo and I can’t even imagine how devastated I’d be! So sorry for Corn Dog! Take care!
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Maggie Cummings
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It's going to be 3 years this August since Bob (125lb 17 yr old Sulcata) died. Please accept my condolences, Regardless what people say, time does not make it better. I hurt badly about losing him and still cry about it. Maybe Corn Dog was simply old. I personally feel for you as I intimately know how you feel. Don't stress yourself trying to find out why....a Veterinarian killed Bob, and it doesn't feel any better to know why....my sympathy is with you. Don't doubt yourself. We need good keepers. When Bob died I wanted to find homes for all of my 20 chelonia. Don't make any hasty decisions. I do have 2 yearling Sulcata for adoption,
nothing makes you think about something else than a destructive Sulcata
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ClydesMom
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Sorry for your loss.
Thank you all for your kind words and sentiments, I decided not to have a necropsy performed on her as I didn’t want to burry her knowing she had been dissected. As much as I’d have like to have known the cause of death I couldn’t have her treated like the frog I cut apart in the 7th grade. I know I gave her the best care I possibly could and that while she seemed to hate me with every fiber of her little body I cared a great deal about her. She is now buried in the field she loved to roam around in so much. I still have my little male, Velociraptor, and even though my dog Raider gets super jealous when I spend what he deems to much time with the tort, V, will get my undivided tort attention.
Very rarely, I try not to give it to my torts very often as it doesn’t have much nutrients to it. My boy loves it so he gets a little once a week as a treat.
