New Cherry Head rescue... Removing gorilla glue from bottom of shell?

[GingerRaph]

UPDATE: We had our first vet appointment last Tuesday and I mentioned the glued on wheels. She wiggled them a little bit, saw that there was some flex on it (probably from the soaks we have been giving him) and she just pulled it off. She used more torque then I would have but it took less than I thought it would. The bulk of the wheels were held on by hot glue like I thought. Regardless, it didn't seem to hurt him much if at all and he's walking around the yard and using his back legs!

She also gave him an injection (vitamin A and other stuff) and he seems to be more energized when walking.

Just wanted to share!

 

[GingerRaph]

Video of him walking in the bark in our front yard...

 

[The_Four_Toed_Edward]

She also gave him an injection (vitamin A and other stuff) and he seems to be more energized when walking

What other stuff did the injection include? At least vitamin A was probably unnecessary since vitamin A deficiency is rare. I doubt the injection will be harmful but I would let the more experienced members judge that. @Yvonne G @Tom

 

[Littleredfootbigredheart]

UPDATE: We had our first vet appointment last Tuesday and I mentioned the glued on wheels. She wiggled them a little bit, saw that there was some flex on it (probably from the soaks we have been giving him) and she just pulled it off. She used more torque then I would have but it took less than I thought it would. The bulk of the wheels were held on by hot glue like I thought. Regardless, it didn't seem to hurt him much if at all and he's walking around the yard and using his back legs!

She also gave him an injection (vitamin A and other stuff) and he seems to be more energized when walking.

Just wanted to share!

I so glad to hear they got the wheels off! And that he’s using his legs more! Thanks for the update!

Just a heads up, vitamin injections are not necessary, as mentioned about vitamin A deficiency is rare in tortoises, even then I’d run a blood test before giving any kind of injection.
Unfortunately most vets are not up to date on how to appropriately treat them, far too many offer out vitamin injections willy nilly, they can do much more harm than good.

Hopefully it wasn’t a high enough dose to be of any bother, but in the future, definitely avoid them, if you could let us know what else was injected that would be good

 

[GingerRaph]

What other stuff did the injection include? At least vitamin A was probably unnecessary since vitamin A deficiency is rare. I doubt the injection will be harmful but I would let the more experienced members judge that. @Yvonne G @Tom

It was vitamin A and D along with fluids because she thought he seemed a little dehydrated. Not sure if it helped but he seems to be a lot more active now.

 

[GingerRaph]

I so glad to hear they got the wheels off! And that he’s using his legs more! Thanks for the update!

Just a heads up, vitamin injections are not necessary, as mentioned about vitamin A deficiency is rare in tortoises, even then I’d run a blood test before giving any kind of injection.
Unfortunately most vets are not up to date on how to appropriately treat them, far too many offer out vitamin injections willy nilly, they can do much more harm than good.

Hopefully it wasn’t a high enough dose to be of any bother, but in the future, definitely avoid them, if you could let us know what else was injected that would be good

That's interesting to know. We will be back in a month or so for a full blood test. She wanted to focus on him getting better diet/UV/outside time without the wheels to see how he responds. She did say he was in pretty rough shape though

 

[Littleredfootbigredheart]

It was vitamin A and D along with fluids because she thought he seemed a little dehydrated. Not sure if it helped but he seems to be a lot more active now.

Some fluids won’t hurt, but definitely avoid the vitamin injections in the future, I’m sure it’s not done him any harm but always better to check bloods with things like that, keep us in the loop with your little buddy🥰