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Terra was always extremely curious. He always tried to climb on things, and get into tiny crevices. Well.. I checked on him, took a shower, and when I came back he was flipped over under his heat lamp..
It was only about 20 minutes.. But it was enough. I walked in my room and saw he had struggled so much to flip himself back over, he had dug his legs into the coir.. Resulting in his face being smothered in dirt.... I flipped him over and he ran off extremely fast, instantly.. But it was short lived, he stopped in his mini marathon.. Sucked his little head in. And I heard him make a weird sucky sound. His tail wagged for about two minutes.. But i think he was gone. Just to make sure he wasn't in shock, I put him in shallow warm water, and wiped all the dirt off his face.. But he didn't respond to me touching his face at all, his eyes were open, and his limbs were stiff..
My parents and I sat there for about ten minutes, when his little head moved. We were so excited, but my mom (not knowing anything about tortoises) picked him up to see his plastron, and it was completely concave. Even If he was alive, I don't think he would have survived that much damage.. I don't know what happened. He could have died from suffocation in the dirt, shock, the heat, a number of things. But he was as happy as can be when he was alive, and seemed to take a liking to me (the giant food bearer). I only had him for about a month, but I sure did love and care for the little guy...
It was only about 20 minutes.. But it was enough. I walked in my room and saw he had struggled so much to flip himself back over, he had dug his legs into the coir.. Resulting in his face being smothered in dirt.... I flipped him over and he ran off extremely fast, instantly.. But it was short lived, he stopped in his mini marathon.. Sucked his little head in. And I heard him make a weird sucky sound. His tail wagged for about two minutes.. But i think he was gone. Just to make sure he wasn't in shock, I put him in shallow warm water, and wiped all the dirt off his face.. But he didn't respond to me touching his face at all, his eyes were open, and his limbs were stiff..
My parents and I sat there for about ten minutes, when his little head moved. We were so excited, but my mom (not knowing anything about tortoises) picked him up to see his plastron, and it was completely concave. Even If he was alive, I don't think he would have survived that much damage.. I don't know what happened. He could have died from suffocation in the dirt, shock, the heat, a number of things. But he was as happy as can be when he was alive, and seemed to take a liking to me (the giant food bearer). I only had him for about a month, but I sure did love and care for the little guy...