RIP ABN...

[Maggie3fan]

This morning my tortoise...ABN...was found dead...I have no words

 

[Yvonne G]

Oh no!! This is awful news. I'm so sorry, Maggie. . . after all you've been through with that tortoise. Oh well, you and he had a good run. But he was still young. So very very sad to hear this.

 

[TammyJ]

Very sorry, Maggie .
He was a lucky little guy though, being with you.
I know it hurts.

 

[DoubleD1996!]

Sorry for your loss

 

[wellington]

So very sorry. Do you know what may have happened?

 

[Carol S]

I am so sorry that your tortoise passed away.

 

[Maggie3fan]

So very sorry. Do you know what may have happened?

He was fine when I spent about an hour with him watching him eat half a cooked yam Saturday night.....here's the nightmare I discovered

ABN was my first tortoise at 2 weeks from the egg...he was only 23 years old now...last night I took his evening treat to him and he ate 1/2 cooked yam...and he followed me around the yard some and was fine...when I took his breakfast this morning he was almost gone...his head was under the light and his body was warm...but his whole neck was out and loose and when I picked him up there was a gurgling sound and a gush of black yuck washed out...but the main thing is something neither Y nor I have ever seen...his penis was out, so were both testicles AND the shaft that should be holding it all in....I've never seen their balls out. What could have happened? I thought maybe his penis prolapsed in the night and he just kept pushing and pushed it all out...I was not prepared for this to happen to him...especially him...it hurts my heart to lose especially him...he was a great little tortoise

 

[wellington]

He was fine when I spent about an hour with him watching him eat half a cooked yam Saturday night.....here's the nightmare I discovered

ABN was my first tortoise at 2 weeks from the egg...he was only 23 years old now...last night I took his evening treat to him and he ate 1/2 cooked yam...and he followed me around the yard some and was fine...when I took his breakfast this morning he was almost gone...his head was under the light and his body was warm...but his whole neck was out and loose and when I picked him up there was a gurgling sound and a gush of black yuck washed out...but the main thing is something neither Y nor I have ever seen...his penis was out, so were both testicles AND the shaft that should be holding it all in....I've never seen their balls out. What could have happened? I thought maybe his penis prolapsed in the night and he just kept pushing and pushed it all out...I was not prepared for this to happen to him...especially him...it hurts my heart to lose especially him...he was a great little tortoiseView attachment 397178

Oh man, so sorry, what an awful way to have to find him. I can't imagine, raising him up that long. Glad you got to spend some time with him that night though before this happened. That's the hardest part of having animals, they can't tell us how they are feeling. Tortoises are even harder, they don't show even a little bit like a dog or cat can sometimes. He had a good life, lucky he had you. Doesn't make it easier I know.
So sorry.

 

[NorCal tortoise guy]

I’m sorry Maggie what a hard loss.

 

[EppsDynasty]

We are so sorry for you. ABN was one of the ones that changes your life...one of the ones that touches that cold dark place without love and fills it up with love you can't ignore. Maggie today your heart is on the minds of Joshua Tree Reptile Haven. Our entire family loves you and wishes for peace in your heart.

 

[Ink]

Sorry for your loss.

 

[COmtnLady]

{{{ hugs }}}
no words, just no words...