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my little tiny Shrimp Biscuit is fighting for his life. SB was a rescue hatchling I took in this past April. Just two days ago, he was happily swimming around with his brother and sister (also still hatchlings, were all under very close supervision when I introduced SB, no fighting whatsoever, the other two are completely healthy). Today, he's completely lifeless. Even when I pick him up, massage his little tiny feet, nothing. He's only about an inch big, I'm pretty sure my herp vet won't do anything when they're that small (lost one 2 years ago because the vet couldn't do anything). He's on a zoomed dock, with a ceramic heat lamp, a uva/uvb bulb, and the water's heated. Is there anything else I can do at this point?

Rigormortis hasn't set in, and there's no smell, but other than that he has been showing zero signs of life. I searched on here but cant really find anything, how do you know exactly when they've left us? =(

What you're saying sounds exactly like what I went through...
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I found the best way to tell... was to sprinkle a drop or two of water in his/her eye, if they blink, he/she still has some life left in them....

His limbs would stiffen. You might want to soak him in a 50:50 water to pedialyte solution, though it doesn't sound like you can do much now

this morning i did soak him in the 50/50 mixture, then put him on a dock in his own seperate tank.. unfortunately, i came home from work to find him floating upside down under the dock. =( =( =( RIP SB

Sorry you lost him

I'm very sorry to hear you lost your turtle.

I'm so sorry hun Hang in there.

You poor thing, well at least you tried. He's not suffering now.

Sorry for your loss
You tried you best.