Thank you im trying my best, I want to make sure she never has to deal with a bad owner again. I think she also just might need more time to get used to her new surroundings so im gunna give her some space from the vet.
I wouldn't have gone for the shot if her last owner treated her better, but youre right Im going to avoid it in the future.
She was eating mealworms, dubian roaches, and the canned zoo med box turtle food before she started fasting. It just needed to be more vitamins I guess.
When she washed up on our patio her beak was a lot longer and covering her entire mouth, that is what it looks like trimmed. The vet didn't want to trim it any shorter cause they were worried it would hurt her. The vet said the large beak happened cause the last owner neglected her proper care...
Thank you for the clarification, I was confused about calling her a turtle since she's not aquatic. I took her to a vet and they said the puffiness came from a vitamin A and B deficiency since she's refusing to eat her greens. She got some shots and I bought better supplements that have a better...
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My name is Preston, I recently fostered a three toed box tortoise I named River because it washed up onto my parents patio during the massive rainstorm in California back in December (some of my neighbors also found box tortoises in their yard so we think someone abandoned them). I've...