Wildboyz2momma
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Hi I am new to this site and have a Russian. She is about 8-10 years old. We found her about to cross the road and get hit a couple years ago. We took her to the vet and they said she was definitely a pet that had gotten out. We kept her as there were no homes in the area she was found.
We were in San Diego California but moved a year ago to Yuma AZ she was in a stock tank and a couple months a go we diced to make her an outdoor enclosure on our property for more space.
We got a heat wave and hadn't seen her in a couple weeks so we decided to look for her and found her very deep down in the dirt which was great she kept her self cool but she was actually not doing well.
We have been trying to help her recover but just dont know how to help her better.
Her skin got very thick and dark to the point of black and hard. A film covers her eyes so she can not see. We are hopeful her eyes are still there but she definitely cant see which is causing her to not eat! We have been soaking her a lot as that helps soften the skin but its just not coming off and her head is not changing because we don't soak her head under water obviously. And now her bottom shell is showing signs of too much water so we need to let her dry out.
She is other wise healthy. We have been trying to squeeze blended lettuce in her mouth and have successfully gotten some in because she has had a couple runny bowl movements She moves when we set her down and sometimes very active sometimes not.
I believe it we could just get the skin covering her eyes removed she would eat, I have seen her open her mouth a couple times to drink the water as well.
We don't know if she got burned or if her body just went into survival mode.
We have also reached out to many animal vets here and the option for a Tortoise vet is not there. If anyone has an ideas, We want to help her and appreciate any input!!
Hi I am new to this site and have a Russian. She is about 8-10 years old. We found her about to cross the road and get hit a couple years ago. We took her to the vet and they said she was definitely a pet that had gotten out. We kept her as there were no homes in the area she was found.
We were in San Diego California but moved a year ago to Yuma AZ she was in a stock tank and a couple months a go we diced to make her an outdoor enclosure on our property for more space.
We got a heat wave and hadn't seen her in a couple weeks so we decided to look for her and found her very deep down in the dirt which was great she kept her self cool but she was actually not doing well.
We have been trying to help her recover but just dont know how to help her better.
Her skin got very thick and dark to the point of black and hard. A film covers her eyes so she can not see. We are hopeful her eyes are still there but she definitely cant see which is causing her to not eat! We have been soaking her a lot as that helps soften the skin but its just not coming off and her head is not changing because we don't soak her head under water obviously. And now her bottom shell is showing signs of too much water so we need to let her dry out.
She is other wise healthy. We have been trying to squeeze blended lettuce in her mouth and have successfully gotten some in because she has had a couple runny bowl movements She moves when we set her down and sometimes very active sometimes not.
I believe it we could just get the skin covering her eyes removed she would eat, I have seen her open her mouth a couple times to drink the water as well.
We don't know if she got burned or if her body just went into survival mode.
We have also reached out to many animal vets here and the option for a Tortoise vet is not there. If anyone has an ideas, We want to help her and appreciate any input!!