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hello,
Sadly this is Ivys last update as on Tuesday 10th of April Ivy past away :(. It was a hard decision to make to have her put to sleep and was heartbreaking but the best for her as she was struggling to walk, not eating alot and the tumour was pushing out her shell :( it was not fair to keep my little girl alive when it was making her life impossible to live and could see she wasnt happy. We got the results of her autopsy which showed me we made the right decision for her as its was defenetly a tumour.
Ivy was a small tortiose the size of my hand and the tumour she had was the size of a fist :( it had spread all over her including her stomach and all the bone inside had rotted away :( there was nothing that could have been done as she would'nt have survived an operation.
My vet is astonished at the fact that she had even survived this long as it seems impossible and results are being sent to a specialist as they are confused too, what can I say my girl was a fighter but shes in a better place now.
Im putting some pictures of Ivy up cause she was beautiful and I love and miss her so much <3 One of the pictures looks like she's smiling which I love
R.I.P Ivy GBNF
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Sorry to hear, you have my condolences.
 

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Sorry for your loss. You made a decision based on her and any good "parent" would make the same decision you did.
 

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So very sorry for your loss Dave. I hope I never have to be in those shoes. R.I.P. little :tort:
 

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I'm so sorry. Your decision, tho the hardest one, shows how much you loved her.

RIP Ivy
 

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Laura said:
wow.. too bad. im sorry...
how old was she?

Thank you. She was only 3 years old :( vets dont understndhow such a young tort could have such an aggressive tumour but am glad shes at peace now

Thank you everyone for your kind words am just glad my little girls at peace now <3
 

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Poor Ivy. :( She must've been through a struggle. How did the tumor occur?
You did the right decision. I'm very sorry for your loss. Which one is Ivy in the picture with two leopards?
 

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lushcious said:
Poor Ivy. :( She must've been through a struggle. How did the tumor occur?
You did the right decision. I'm very sorry for your loss. Which one is Ivy in the picture with two leopards?

Ivy is the one on the right hiding herself a wee bit Squirtles on the left hes a big proud boy lol hes always ready to pose lol :)
We dont know how the tumour occured but the vets believe that she may have been born with it, and because shes a reptile its took a while for any signs to appear but I knew for about a year that there was something not right with her and took her to the vets several times but my vet kept dismissing anything was wrong with her until the lump appeared on her shell, I just wish my vet listened to me the very first time :(
 

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I'm so sorry for your and your surviving torts loss.. You and your other tort must miss her very much... RIP Baby girl
 

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I am really sorry for you loss. She was such a beauty!!
 
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