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Post Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 5:20 pm   turtle death

Today when i came home from work, my kids had told me that one of my turts had died, they were all alive last night before i went to sleep. My son found #2 floating on the top of the water. Theyve been eating regularly, i think he might have gotten partially stuck under a large rock, i think he might have drowned, but if so how come he was floating? I dont think it was the kids, cause mom was home and she doesnt let them go in the backyard by themselves, for fear of drowning in the pond, and i have no problems with animals, only the ocasional bird and there was no signs of injury to him. Sometimes they lay partially under the rocks. Any suggestions on the funeral? R.I.P #2
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Post Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2009 1:41 am   

anybody?????lol
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2.0inch Western Spiny softshell-spiny
unknown amount of goldfish still swimming in the pond
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Post Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 10:35 pm   

If you still have the turtle, a necropsy might yield some answers. But with no visible injuries or observable symptoms, you can only guess what happened.
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Post Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 10:42 pm   

yea, i already burried him/her in my backyard, it was atleast 3 ft deep. After the 2nd day, it started bleeding out its butt area cause i put it on the floating log to make sure it was really dead. Started turning dark on its flesh so i assumed it really was dead.
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2.5 inch res2-unnamed-R.I.P.
2.5 inch res3-pablo
2.0inch Western Spiny softshell-spiny
unknown amount of goldfish still swimming in the pond
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Post Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 11:35 pm   

sorry about your loss.....
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Post Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 3:55 pm   

sorry to hear that
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Post Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 9:01 pm   

man thats sad im sorry...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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Post Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 6:50 pm   

I'm sorry to hear that bro.
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Post Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 6:55 pm   

that sucks. I would hate to come home to find my turtle floating at the top of the tank.
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