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<blockquote data-quote="WolfSpider" data-source="post: 193329" data-attributes="member: 24627"><p>The most common cause of DKS: unknown/idiopathic. I am sure you did nothing wrong. Just like cancer in humans, DKS in Ts just happens sometimes. Sadly, we know so very little about it.</p><p></p><p>It can be difficult to know if your T passes. Please accept these general rules: a very sick T will stress curl. If the legs are "fixed" in whatever position, it has died less than 10 hours ago. After 10 hours, the whole body becomes soft, flaccid, and the T will slowly become putrid. I know it is morbid to discuss and I am sorry, but as a physician, sadly, I understand the pathological changes in death.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WolfSpider, post: 193329, member: 24627"] The most common cause of DKS: unknown/idiopathic. I am sure you did nothing wrong. Just like cancer in humans, DKS in Ts just happens sometimes. Sadly, we know so very little about it. It can be difficult to know if your T passes. Please accept these general rules: a very sick T will stress curl. If the legs are "fixed" in whatever position, it has died less than 10 hours ago. After 10 hours, the whole body becomes soft, flaccid, and the T will slowly become putrid. I know it is morbid to discuss and I am sorry, but as a physician, sadly, I understand the pathological changes in death. [/QUOTE]
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