tortoises neck has swollen up

my tortoise has spent winter outside hibernating same as last year. i bathed her and put food in tank. she seemed to be fine, but when i looked at her today, her neck was very swollen and bleeding and she had died. please would you have any idea why. thank you s.robinson

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Mar 15, 2011
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by: Anonymous

It could be a combination of things. I'm not a vet but I believe it might have been an infection that could or could not have been cause by the hibernation conditions. The bleeding may be the result of dried and cracked skin. Was it like this before you feed and bathed her? Or did it just show up?

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