fredo died

my pet turtle passed away this evening... so sudden... i was soo shocked!
it died with open eyes, slanted head, in the pool of water...
at first i thought it was sleeping or resting in the midst of eating..
i remember this afternoon i saw its head near the rock, i still tap on the tank to make sure it is ok... and ya it was. it still hid its head when it felt the tapping...

just now i did the same thing. realised it was not reacting. so i took it out of the tank. it still gave the same look.. listless opened eyes.. then i touched its head gently (normally when i touched its head it would have hidden it) and there was no reaction.. i called out its name... nothing. i shook it gently, nil... i shook harder and even upside down, still frozen. finally i put it under running tap, still the same!!!! ok, announce dead!

i was sooo upset. shocked too... i bought fredo at my neighbourhood pet shop with $4.50. i bought it cuz i have had much fish food stock and a mini guppies tank at home. i thought i should utilise them, at least let the turtle finish the food... but then it went into depression not long after. it refused to eat. i thought it was too lonely, so i decided to buy a play mate to keep it company. while paying for my fredy (my another pet turtle)with $4.50, i was told that turtles like fredo and fredy do not take the fish food that i had at home. so i got to buy the real food for turtle. and cuz now i have two turtles, thought the guppies tank would be too cramp for them, so i bought another turtle tank! imagine my hubby's reaction....

that was not the worst. the craziest part was, fredo still didnt look or behave better... i read up books abt turtle and it told me that i need to seperate both of them, in case fredo's sickness were to spread to fredy. and guess what, i also got to know that turtles do not need to live in a group. meaning, they dun care if they are lonely or not!!! ok i also searched the web on fredo's behavior and that was when i finally decided that i should bring it to the vet. i thought it could be interesting since i never visited a vet b4 and my kids could also be exposed to the vet... plus i am curious how the vet would treat a turtle and also, i couldnt bear to see fredo die under my care...

ya, we took a cab to and fro serangoon where the pet that treat turtle is. that costed me about $20! the vet gave fredo anti biotic and vitamins injection on its both side buttock. and i was asked to do the same for the next 5 days to fredo... Gosh, me do it!!!! and ya, i did it!!!! an experience indeed... reminded me of my childhood dream to be a vet... and when i injected fredo, i told myself i am a vet... haha... and the consultaion fees is $65. fredo was diagnosed with pneumonia... vet told me it would have low survival rate...

it was challenging for me to take care of fredo. i kept believing it would recover. and in fact it did! it started eating after 1 and half month.. it ate alot and resume its activeness... i was so happy and when i told yongen that fredo had started eating, she was very happy too...

perhaps, i have taken things for granted. thought that ut had recovered so the standard of attending my pets had dropped especially recently i was busy with camp stuff... plus no sun light these few days...

when i told yongen fredo died, she was shocked and i was hysterical. she simply replied ok and went off.. then yongqi came to kaypo see what happen... when i told yongqi that fredo had died, to my surprise, he said,'bu yao jin' (never mind) gently, as if he was consoling me... hey, i'm.... speechless! thought i should be the one consoling them, explaining to them about death... thought yongen should be the one consoling me.... thought thought thought....

i'm SPEECHLESS