What did this slow worm die of?

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   Does anybody have any ideas as to what might have led to this slow worms death??  I found it underneath a corrugated tin.  It was flattened in the region where the skin is flaking off.

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Hawley Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 11 Apr 2009 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 113	Post Options Post Reply Quote Hawley Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: What did this slow worm die of? Posted: 13 Sep 2013 at 1:20pm
	Does anybody have any ideas as to what might have led to this slow worms death?? I found it underneath a corrugated tin. It was flattened in the region where the skin is flaking off.

will Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 27 Feb 2007 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1830	Post Options Post Reply Quote will Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 13 Sep 2013 at 5:22pm
	at the risk of sounding obvious, perhaps someone or something trod on the tin and crushed it? I have found crushed slowworms and once a crushed smooth snake (juvenile) under badly placed tins on hard ground and even in the middle of a footpath on Dorset heaths, which is a recipe for disaster.

Suzy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 06 Apr 2005 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1447	Post Options Post Reply Quote Suzy Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 14 Sep 2013 at 11:01pm
	Occasionally I find a slow worm under my Coroline covers that is dead and seemingly squashed. Now I know it has not been squashed as I don't stand on the covers and don't have grazing cattle or horses in my garden where the slow worms are. A mystery.
	Suz

Hawley Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 11 Apr 2009 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 113	Post Options Post Reply Quote Hawley Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 16 Sep 2013 at 9:23am
	A mystery indeed. The tin in question is tucked away and there's an overhanging gorse bush so you could only stand on it if you were hunched over.