General Care Discussion

Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 11:48 pm **Charlie's dead..**

It really was pneumonia.

My parents wouldn't let me take him to the vet :cry:

I'm so sorry.

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 12:01 am

I'm sorry for your loss.

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 12:54 am

Sorry for your loss.

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 12:58 am

feel sorry for your loss

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 1:47 am

Gloria, I'm really sorry to hear how it turned out.

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 6:54 am

Hi Gloria,
I so sorry your Charlie has passed a way.
Evelyn

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 9:40 am

I'm sorry to hear this news!!! You did what you could.

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 1:05 pm

oh no, i'm so sorry to hear about your loss. he seemed like a cute li'l guy too.

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 1:48 pm

I'm so sorry to hear it. I can only imagine how helpless you must have felt.

But take some comfort in knowing that you tried to help him.

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 7:45 pm

i'm so sorry...

i know how you feel. my last turt had really bad shell rot when i got him and i didn't know it. it got to the point where he was bleeding from his shell and i begged my parents to let me take him to the vet...but they didn't think it was worth it. he died also...but sometimes it is a learning experience. it's hard but you'll pull through!

best of luck.

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 7:52 pm

i'm not understanding the mindset of these people. many people will take their cat or dog to the vet in a heartbeat if it coughs funny, but think taking a turtle to a vet is a waste of money? my boyfriend's the same way, he can't understand why i get concerned about my little ones. how does them being a turtle make their health any less valuable?

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 8:50 pm

There are a variety of reasons for this, but one that came to mind immediately after reading is that cats and dogs (especially dogs), cost a lot more than a turtle, so I guess to those people, preserving a life of something worth more is more important than something that is cheaper and can easily be replaced.

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 10:50 pm

''what we obtain too cheaply we esteem to lightly" that kind of thing?

i realise that freedom and animals is apples and oranges, but it seems to fit.

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 11:18 pm

Yep, my point exactly.

Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 1:29 am

See, I don't get that at all... yea maybe they're cheap to start out with but once you get to know their little personalities- their worth is priceless!! I wish the parents of these younger owners would realize that!!

I'm sorry for your loss, zilch!

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