James9811
Member
Hi guys
Im extremely ashamed to have to be writing this. I was transporting my tortoise from his little daily bath after drying him off into his enclosure and he has fallen from my hand onto carpet from around 4ft. When he dropped, he sat for a few seconds and then started walking, then when he was put into his enclosure he immediately went to sleep and I just burst into tears because I thought I’d killed him. Between then and now he’s up and walking, he doesn’t seem any different, there are no shell cracks or under body injuries that are visible, I’m just terrified that I’ve hurt him internally.
I usually keep him at extremely low height, it was literally just while I put him in the enclosure and it was a slip of the hand. I feel like the worst tortoise parent ever and I just hope I haven’t hurt the little guy. He really is a part of the family and I feel like the worst person in the world right now. He’s around a year and a half old too, so just tiny still.
Really I’m just writing to hear about your guys experience with stuff like this if you have any and what you’d recommend doing next?
Sorry to have to put this dampener on your day
Im extremely ashamed to have to be writing this. I was transporting my tortoise from his little daily bath after drying him off into his enclosure and he has fallen from my hand onto carpet from around 4ft. When he dropped, he sat for a few seconds and then started walking, then when he was put into his enclosure he immediately went to sleep and I just burst into tears because I thought I’d killed him. Between then and now he’s up and walking, he doesn’t seem any different, there are no shell cracks or under body injuries that are visible, I’m just terrified that I’ve hurt him internally.
I usually keep him at extremely low height, it was literally just while I put him in the enclosure and it was a slip of the hand. I feel like the worst tortoise parent ever and I just hope I haven’t hurt the little guy. He really is a part of the family and I feel like the worst person in the world right now. He’s around a year and a half old too, so just tiny still.
Really I’m just writing to hear about your guys experience with stuff like this if you have any and what you’d recommend doing next?
Sorry to have to put this dampener on your day