Glad to hear that. Chat again when it is a decent hour for you.
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Whahaha. Good answer.
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Bambam1989
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Painful snow
Thanks, Yvonne! [emoji2][emoji173]️
Thank you, Bee! [emoji2][emoji173]️
Oh Mooz. Shame. Sending you BIG BIG hugs and Kisses. For you Dad and Jacques. Will pray that she is home soon. [emoji120]Hi Roomies. This will be short. I just got back from the vet, I'm tired, upset, haven't had my dinner yet and still have 2 cases to do for work.
I took Jacques to the reptile specialist in New Orleans. I was VERY impressed with him, but more detail tomorrow- just not tonight.
When the vet put Jacques in a tub of water for a "test float" it was clear that she was floating lopsided: her right front shoulder was lower in the water than the rest of her. Even then, he said she might just be lopsided because that's how she is- after all, some PEOPLE are lopsided and aren't injured or sick. But a blood count would answer that question. For water turtles a white blood cell count of 21,000 -23,000 is considered "high" and sign of an infection. Her count was30,000. Some of the cells that were the most elevated are the ones involved in chronic, or long-standing infections. He said that with a blood count like that, she should be in the hospital, so that's what we did.
They're keeping her a week and will give her antibiotic injections daily. They'll tube feed her as well and will give us daily reports on her status. Luckily, the cost of a week in the hospital for her is MUCH less than even a weekEND in the hospital for one of our cats!
I do not know what antibiotic they're going to give her- they told me but I was too shaken to remember.
Of course we hope for the best, but people and animals don't get hospitalized unless things are serious.
I'm SO GLAD I bought her in.
I'll post more the the Health section of the forum tomorrow.
We are grateful for any prayers and/or good wishes for our silly little girl (and for us, too!)
Hugs to all.
Bea/Mooz
Oh, goodness!
I am sending all my love in waves as big as I can muster!
I love that little turtle.
wifey sends all her love, too
i'll be thinking about her and you all the time, Mooz, we're with you both all the way.
COME ON, JACQUES ! ! !
Thanks so much, Adam! [emoji173]️[emoji173]️[emoji173]️
Yup. It would be.
Wifey has stunning eyes.!
Thank you, Sabine! [emoji7]
Good Night my friend. Sleep tight.Sorry, but I have to work tomorrow, ähhhh today, so I say Good night to everyone here.
GLAMOROUS!!!!!! [emoji2][emoji173]️[emoji2][emoji173]️
Lovely beach. The water looks nice and cool.
Hi Roomies. This will be short. I just got back from the vet, I'm tired, upset, haven't had my dinner yet and still have 2 cases to do for work.
I took Jacques to the reptile specialist in New Orleans. I was VERY impressed with him, but more detail tomorrow- just not tonight.
When the vet put Jacques in a tub of water for a "test float" it was clear that she was floating lopsided: her right front shoulder was lower in the water than the rest of her. Even then, he said she might just be lopsided because that's how she is- after all, some PEOPLE are lopsided and aren't injured or sick. But a blood count would answer that question. For water turtles a white blood cell count of 21,000 -23,000 is considered "high" and sign of an infection. Her count was
They're keeping her a week and will give her antibiotic injections daily. They'll tube feed her as well and will give us daily reports on her status. Luckily, the cost of a week in the hospital for her is MUCH less than even a weekEND in the hospital for one of our cats!
I do not know what antibiotic they're going to give her- they told me but I was too shaken to remember.
Of course we hope for the best, but people and animals don't get hospitalized unless things are serious.
I'm SO GLAD I bought her in.
I'll post more the the Health section of the forum tomorrow.
We are grateful for any prayers and/or good wishes for our silly little girl (and for us, too!)
Hugs to all.
Bea/Mooz
Oh dear. It was a good call to take her to the specialist. Sending good thoughts your way. Will be checking the health section for more.
Hey, it’s not polite to show off! Well, showing off Wifey is acceptable though.
Lovely.
Thanks Adam. See I was tired. Making mistakes again.
Rather strange to see him with sunglasses.
Hi Roomies. This will be short. I just got back from the vet, I'm tired, upset, haven't had my dinner yet and still have 2 cases to do for work.
I took Jacques to the reptile specialist in New Orleans. I was VERY impressed with him, but more detail tomorrow- just not tonight.
When the vet put Jacques in a tub of water for a "test float" it was clear that she was floating lopsided: her right front shoulder was lower in the water than the rest of her. Even then, he said she might just be lopsided because that's how she is- after all, some PEOPLE are lopsided and aren't injured or sick. But a blood count would answer that question. For water turtles a white blood cell count of 21,000 -23,000 is considered "high" and sign of an infection. Her count was
They're keeping her a week and will give her antibiotic injections daily. They'll tube feed her as well and will give us daily reports on her status. Luckily, the cost of a week in the hospital for her is MUCH less than even a weekEND in the hospital for one of our cats!
I do not know what antibiotic they're going to give her- they told me but I was too shaken to remember.
Of course we hope for the best, but people and animals don't get hospitalized unless things are serious.
I'm SO GLAD I bought her in.
I'll post more the the Health section of the forum tomorrow.
We are grateful for any prayers and/or good wishes for our silly little girl (and for us, too!)
Hugs to all.
Bea/Mooz
Oh Bea. How awful. [emoji20][emoji20][emoji20][emoji20]Massive electronic hugs from me. My thoughts and prayers are with Jacques. If you need to talk privately you can contact me by PM or through Whatsapp.
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Good morning all. I’m just off to a meeting, but will be back in a couple of hours hopefully
