This actually makes me sad......we had a turtle named Fred who looked like Gamera. We had him ten years. He got very sick a few months ago. Never came out of hibernation to speak of, and we even converted a garden tub in the master bath as an infirmary. We used every med available. It was as sterile as a hospital in there. NASA could have saved a terminally irradiated astronaut from Mars if they’d have transferred him here. We moved into another bath to accommodate him. We lost him on Monday. Poor old guy. We got him when he was the size of a bottle cap. I built a hardwood casket and we buried him deeply under an English holly tree in our front yard, in front of his favorite window, and marked it with a stepping stone and solar lights. Now all we have is a 110 gallon tank and his favorite perching rocks to remember him by. Not to mention enough aquatic pumps and lighting to sterilize and filter Lake Michigan.
I know that your pet was not “just a turtle,” and it is sad to hear that Fred died so young.
Losing a pet, especially a sweet companion is very difficult, which I can say from my
own experiences with the deaths of pets.
RIP Fred. Viking2002 will see you at the Rainbow Bridge some day.
You have FReepmail. :)