queen koopa
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This is worth a watch for us tortoise geeks. Fascinating and draws many questions.
Anyone see this video on the deformed Tortise with wheels?
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This is worth a watch for us tortoise geeks. Fascinating and draws many questions.
This little tort named Helix recently passed away sadly. I was watching his progress on Instagram. He was such a little fighter and it seemed like he would be totally fine despite his disability but sadly he just died one day. There is a children's book about him and t-shirts and such. Sweet little guy was getting kinda famous.
Sad, but thank u for the update!
I'm not surprised he failed to thrive in the end. It had to be hard on his system to be flipped around. I would think his digestion and passing of stools would be affected.
May the cutie rest on peace and kudos to the man who gave him a loving time on earth.
They took X-rays and I think an MRI too and it wasn't all that bad. It was just his spine and back legs that were deformed. He was eating and pooping really well for his life of 6 months. He actually died of something respitory related but not an RI.
This is Helix. He was owned by Tortstork. Unfortunately Helix passed away earlier this month. There's even a children's book about Helix.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/154399119X/?tag=exoticpetnetw-20
https://www.amazon.com/dp/154399119X/?tag=exoticpetnetw-20
I think this was good for the kids (and maybe some older "kids") to experience, a lesson in compassion and caring for something so "needy". Who knows, maybe he would have lived longer even than he did, if handled differently? Or not.
