What Happened??? HELP PLEASE

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Posted by Katie on October 31, 2001 at 16:36:43:

The baby redfoot did not make it. He was just too little I guess to make it. There was not much time to do really anything, it was less than a week. I am very sad, and also scared that maybe he had some sort of disease that I could not tell? i am worried that the other tortoises might get the same thing. They are kept in seperate enclosures, but I am still terrified of what this could be. No signs of illness other than not eating, nothing at all. Do baby turtles sometimes just fail to thrive for no reason? I still cannot think of anything that was wrong, there was no time to even forcefeed, and somehow I do not think that would have helped much being that I did not know what is wrong. I doubt anyone will know, but if someone does know what can cause baby tortoises (under 3 inches) to go so quickly, please let me know what it could have been. What kind of diseases it could have been that show no signs or anything. i have looked on websites, found nothing really. It is terrible and sad, but I honestly thought I would have time to find help, there are no vets nearby, but I was looking for one. I thought that worst come to worst the problem would surely would correct itself. I have and have kept for years many tortoises, and nothing like this has ever happened before. I have seen URD in tortoises in the past, and it is obvious what is wrong. He used to eat everyday but my other tortoises easily can go for a week (they are fat anyway!!) without eating and are fine, but they are bigger, he was so small, maybe thats just the way...Thanks for all your help, I appreciate it.

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: The baby redfoot did not make it. He was just too little I guess to make it. There was not much time to do really anything, it was less than a week. I am very sad, and also scared that maybe he had some sort of disease that I could not tell? i am worried that the other tortoises might get the same thing. They are kept in seperate enclosures, but I am still terrified of what this could be. No signs of illness other than not eating, nothing at all. Do baby turtles sometimes just fail to thrive for no reason? I still cannot think of anything that was wrong, there was no time to even forcefeed, and somehow I do not think that would have helped much being that I did not know what is wrong. I doubt anyone will know, but if someone does know what can cause baby tortoises (under 3 inches) to go so quickly, please let me know what it could have been. What kind of diseases it could have been that show no signs or anything. i have looked on websites, found nothing really. It is terrible and sad, but I honestly thought I would have time to find help, there are no vets nearby, but I was looking for one. I thought that worst come to worst the problem would surely would correct itself. I have and have kept for years many tortoises, and nothing like this has ever happened before. I have seen URD in tortoises in the past, and it is obvious what is wrong. He used to eat everyday but my other tortoises easily can go for a week (they are fat anyway!!) without eating and are fine, but they are bigger, he was so small, maybe thats just the way...Thanks for all your help, I appreciate it.

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