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26-Dec-07, 07:36 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Nov-07 Location: wollongong Gender:  | | |  What A Shock
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THIS AFTERNOON I WALKED OVER TO MY TURTLE TANK WHICH CONTAINS 2 JUVENILE MURRY SHORTNECKS TO BE SHOCKED BY THE SITE OF 1 OF MY TURTLES LAYING DEAD ON THE TANK FLOOR. tHIS WAS SUCH A SAD SHOCK DUE 2 THE FACT THAT LAST TIME I SAW HIM WAS 2 HOURS AGO AND HE WAS LOKING FINE. ALL OF THE ENCLOSURES FEATURES ARE FINE eg TEMP, WATER TEMP AND FILTRATION. I JUST DONT NO WHAT WENT WRONG ANY HINTS |
26-Dec-07, 07:39 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Dec-03 Location: NSW Age/Gender: 52  | | | | Gee, sorry to hear that!!!
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26-Dec-07, 07:43 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-07 Location: Sydney, NSW | | | | Whats was the water temp, what sort of filtration is used, what are the water parameters (pH, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate etc). Have you used any sprays near the tank? Does the other turtle appear fine? What are they being fed on? Any signs of physical trauma? Does the other turtle bully the one that died?
If you can answer those questions we might be able to help you abit more. Any pictures of the cage? |
26-Dec-07, 07:46 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Dec-04 Location: Somewhere near Brisbane | | | | To be honest and I realise it doesn't help but it can just happen especially with young animals. You don't have to have done anything wrong. If everything in the tank seems fine without an expensive autopsy there is no way of knowing what happened.
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26-Dec-07, 07:49 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-05 Location: QLD Gender: | | | Sometimes animals were just not ment to live, it could have been one of the weaker individuals from the clutch. Dont be hard on yourself but it is very hard to loose a new herp 
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26-Dec-07, 08:00 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Nov-07 Location: wollongong Gender: | | | | there was no physical injuries and the other turtle is fine. i put the other in another tank just to be safe. no sprays or chemicals had been used either. the weird thing is there was no signs it went from fine to dead just like that. and the other turtle is a few centimetres smaller so i wouldnt of bullied the deceased one. they werent that juvenile though they were just about a year old |
26-Dec-07, 08:03 PM
|  | Sexy Snake Subscriber | Join Date: Jul-07 Location: Cairns Gender: | | | | naw r.i.p lil turtle
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26-Dec-07, 08:05 PM
|  | Roadkill Subscriber | Join Date: Aug-05 Location: Western Sydney Age/Gender: 25 | | | | Any chance he could have drowned? Perhaps he got stuck in some plants or tank decorations?
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26-Dec-07, 08:08 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Nov-07 Location: wollongong Gender: | | | | no chance of drowning he was found dead in the middle of the tank |
27-Dec-07, 08:28 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-07 Location: SouthAustralia Gender: | | | | Sorry to hear of your loss |
27-Dec-07, 09:08 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Dec-07 Location: NSW mid nth coast Age/Gender: 28 | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by boa To be honest and I realise it doesn't help but it can just happen especially with young animals. You don't have to have done anything wrong. If everything in the tank seems fine without an expensive autopsy there is no way of knowing what happened. | So true, had a similar thing occur a few years back, does your head in. Not good | |
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