about 10 am yesterday, i checked on my tortoise habitat. i found ricky foaming at the mouth and gasping for breath. at 10:50, i was at the vet's office. doc gave ricky some antibiotics and fluids, then asked if i wanted x-rays done. i said yes, and the x-rays revealed some big pocket of gas in ricky's digestive system that was putting massive pressure on the rest of ricky's internal organs. doc then used a needle to get some of the gas out and relieve some of the pressure, but told me if that did not work the first time, it was likely that my tortoise was going to die. he gave me more antibiotics to inject, and recommended at least one warm soak a day. got home around 1 pm, and immediately gave ricky a warm soak, and the little guy was breathing much easier. i kept checking on ricky every 20-30 min, but around 5 pm, i found my poor little tortoise unresponsive. i honestly could not tell if it was alive or not, so i put ricky in a plastic carrier in a seperate room. at 2:45 am, i was sure my pet was dead, due to the onset of rigor mortis.