Sshrum11
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First I know nothing about sulcata tortoises. I live in the country, only two close neighbors and we know they didn't have a tortoise. But I have a rule with animals. If you end up at my house you get treated like family and you stay.
My son was swathing hay and hit what he and my husband thought was a rock. When my husband went to move the rock he realized it was a tortoise. The shell was badly damaged. We took her to a vet that specializes in exotics she was not his first sulcata. He patched her shell gave her antibiotics and a couple of days later sent her home. We got her to graze and I was feeding her greens. Keeping her a bit confined due to the bad injury. However, she does sleep a lot. It's only been 17 days so was wondering if sleeping a lot might just be due to trying to recover. She also can but won't use her back legs. xrays showed nothing that should be causing that.
She kind of quit eating a day and half ago. I finally offered her three 1" squares of watermelon and she went crazy for them but nothing else. I had also purchased some pellets just for sulcatas so I soaked those and then smashed a little watermelon up with them to try and get her to eat some pellets since she quit eating he greens.
Looking for tips and suggestions and just knowledge. We are headed back to the vet Monday morning.
Thanks for any help you can give me.
My family and I are in love with this little girl. Don't know her age. She is about 10"-12" and badly pyramided as well.
My son was swathing hay and hit what he and my husband thought was a rock. When my husband went to move the rock he realized it was a tortoise. The shell was badly damaged. We took her to a vet that specializes in exotics she was not his first sulcata. He patched her shell gave her antibiotics and a couple of days later sent her home. We got her to graze and I was feeding her greens. Keeping her a bit confined due to the bad injury. However, she does sleep a lot. It's only been 17 days so was wondering if sleeping a lot might just be due to trying to recover. She also can but won't use her back legs. xrays showed nothing that should be causing that.
She kind of quit eating a day and half ago. I finally offered her three 1" squares of watermelon and she went crazy for them but nothing else. I had also purchased some pellets just for sulcatas so I soaked those and then smashed a little watermelon up with them to try and get her to eat some pellets since she quit eating he greens.
Looking for tips and suggestions and just knowledge. We are headed back to the vet Monday morning.
Thanks for any help you can give me.
My family and I are in love with this little girl. Don't know her age. She is about 10"-12" and badly pyramided as well.