His limbs are sprawled out and his eyes are half-shut. There were no signs of his deterioration in health at all. How could this have happened, if he really did... die?
2007-02-15 07:48:13 · 9 answers · asked by devastated 1 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
This time of year is hard on turtles. They NEED to either be warm (about 80F usually) or cold (about 40F)- awake or hibernating. If their tank is not heated, winter tends to put the water temps in-between those areas and the turtles waste away, don't eat right, and die.
A hibernating water turtle will be hiding in mud underwater, tightly tucked into its shell, resist having a leg moved and will retract its leg if pulled, and feels 'alive'.
A dead turtle is sprawled, does not move, does not resist being pulled on, and feels light and inert.
2007-02-15 11:22:52 · answer #1 · answered by Madkins007 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Although it sound really gross, poke your finger in his rear end - not hard. See if that causes Turtle to move his head out, or move his legs. When all else fails, you can take Turtle to a reptile specialist. Different breeds have different actions, so it could be hard to tell. On one hand, keeping a dead turtle in a warm place doesn't hurt anything, unless he starts to smell, just in case he is hibernating. If you throw away a live turtle or bury it or whatever, it's kind of sad.
2007-02-15 15:53:16 · answer #2 · answered by puppyfred 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A blonde goes into a nearby store and asks a clerk if she can buy the TV in the corner.
The clerk looks at her and says that he doesn't serve blondes, so she goes back home and dyes her hair black.
The next day she returns to the store and asks the same thing, and again, the clerk said he doesn't serve blondes.
Frustrated, the blonde goes home and dyes her hair yet again, to a shade of red.
Sure that a clerk would sell her the TV this time, she returns and asks a different clerk this time.
To her astonishment, this clerk also says that she doesn't serve blondes.
The blonde asks the clerk, "How in the world do you know I am a blonde?"
The clerk looks at her disgustedly and says,"That's not a TV -- it's a microwave!"
2007-02-15 15:55:06 · answer #3 · answered by poo hat 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I'd say if his legs are sprawled out he is probably deceased. I'd take him to the vet to be sure though. If you don't want to do that, just leave him alone for awhile. If he starts moving eventually he is alive. If he starts stinking he's dead.
2007-02-15 19:44:31 · answer #4 · answered by woo88jarrett 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Maybe you fed him something poisonous. Maybe it was just a health defect, but to be sure I'd take him to a vet. Then you'd be able to tell. Is there any way you could check for a pulse?
best of luck
2007-02-15 16:01:24 · answer #5 · answered by Hamster tazzy 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's sad. I have a pet tortoise ad sometimes she sleeps like that. Have you tried waking her up? I'm not sure where you live but heres a link to a turtle hospital in florida. http://www.turtlehospital.org/about.htm
hope ur turtle's just sleeping :(
2007-02-15 15:52:12 · answer #6 · answered by X 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i agree with the person with the blonde joke what kind of question is that!
2007-02-15 18:50:27 · answer #7 · answered by DAVE 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
warm him up with a spot light if he dos not move he is ded
2007-02-15 16:10:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pick him up. Is his head floppy or does it move?
2007-02-15 15:58:33 · answer #9 · answered by KathyS 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋