I just found my turtle dead, and he was immobile, nor did he look in my general direction for two weeks before he died. Do you think he was depressed?
2007-06-06 15:40:45 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Reptiles
Well... he's in a tank, he has little water in there so he wouldn't get too soft, and he was eating, then he stopped...
I didn't know his water needed to be treated... wow. There's a lot of things I didn't know...
And yes, my baby was small. It just might have been salmonella or however you spell it.
And it's not like I meant to kill him. I loved that turtle like a son. I took him out and put him in the sun, and he stayed warm by crawling up to my chest, and slept or whatever turtles do.
It's saddening, but I guess I have to bury him. There's no way I could give him away to science...
2007-06-06 16:24:14 · update #1
You know if a turtle can't move and is immobile that will lead to dehydration and starvation. So I am thinking maybe that may have killed him especially if he wasn't near water or food and couldn't move to get it.
2007-06-06 15:45:34 · answer #1 · answered by Carrie B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could have been a number of reasons.
If the turtle was small then it was most likely salmonella.
Was it eating?Did it have any fungus around its skin? When you get a turtle you have to have make sure you get a filter and all the right chemicals to remove chlorine, fungus, break down waste,etc.
2007-06-06 15:53:33 · answer #2 · answered by .................... 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depressed? No.
Death is almost always the result of flaws in cares. Low water temps, poor diet, bad housing, etc.
Without knowing the species or other information, about all I can offer is to review the basic cares at http://www.austinsturtlepage.com
2007-06-06 15:57:31 · answer #3 · answered by Madkins007 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well... to tell you the truth...
your little turtle friend might have seen it coming for him and knew the end was near...
i would just bury him under a nice oak or willow tree and deal with it...
if you need to cope with this loss you could always go to a therapist
2007-06-06 15:50:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Turtles do not suffer depression.
He died due to improper care.
2007-06-06 16:14:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its possible, and im serious, he may have had a stroke...did u try picking him up and moving him into ur view to see if he looked away...if his head didnt move he may have had a stroke, lost the ability to move his head
2007-06-06 15:52:48 · answer #6 · answered by british_soldier2 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
possibly because some animals die from stress when you don't even know it!
2007-06-06 16:16:21 · answer #7 · answered by Em 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
please be member !
2007-06-06 18:25:53 · answer #8 · answered by Dr.Serdal Ugurlu 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋