Why did she pass?
I have acres of land and many eastern box turtles are right up near my house they hibernate and spend their days on property all are alive and thriving but one of them we found her and called her lucky (mainly because of how lucky I was to find her and how she survived what seemed like unknown trauma to the shell). I found her last September she hibernated perfectly and emerged in early April. On April 21st I decided to add soaking tubs for whoever wanted to use and she lived it and would go back into bushes at night when done.
7 days ago she was going all over and seemed perfectly happy and healthy then 5 days ago one of the female turtles a bit bigger than her ran away from a much bigger make that's aggressive and the bigger female ran ontop of her in the soaking dish but only on top of her healthier half the non cracked shell. After that she stayed in dish almost all day and all jihht which was usually I put her in such shed go back into to tub. I researched about possible infection from the water but I change it daiky except one point it went three days without change but her eyes looked beautiful and her reaction to aucking in her leg when touched was perfect. She's the only turtle that didn't suck her head in when near and when I picked her up to check her she brought her head out more and just stared at me so peaceful and beautiful.
Two nights ago she left the tub finally and went to bush yesterday all day she was in same spot in bush in sunny area not moving more than a few inches but some of the turtles that healthy do that a lot so I though she was fine but she was there all day just turning her orientation like spinning and I last saw her with head out last night then this am at 11am she was passed everything tucked in except right leg out.
I feel so horrible I loved her so much did my best to let them be wild I just don't know what went wrong I feel like it wasn't infection in everything I looked up cause she her eyes and everything seemed perfect and she lasted all winter but I also don't see how her getting run over her healthy side by slightly bigger female could've caused this.
I have been down all day she was my true favorite if all others kn property and they all seem to be doing fine. Ahhhhhhhhhhhh
I just want closure or some expert to tell me what may have went on ill attach photo of her cracked shell
Also she had some discharge or soenthig the first time amd a few times in the soaking tub from the day she went in it. She even tried to eat the mucous discharge thing the first time. It came out. I don't know why this happened she was perfect in tub some days out by night roaming all that even in the tub looked happy and having fun just 1 week ago! Only after she got semi below a bigger turtles roaming through the tub did she decide to start acting weird. It's devastating
She loved when I would mist her with cool hose msit setting on days she'd perch up and bring her whole head out and id hold the hose high and let the mist carry in the wind and mist bith umof us 😭