Red foot fell from enclosure.

[BobGords]

Hello everyone I'm new to the tortise community I have only but lurked the forum but I have a red foot tortoise as of tonight everything was well until getting home from a work meeting, she managed to escape her enclosure and fell from a height between 4-5 ft I have checked her shell there's no visible signs of damage. Unfortunately due to the time here I cannot get her into a vet until tomorrow morning. As of right now I am just asking for advice on what to do till I can get her checked up.

Possibly wrong thread of so I apologize just worried and didn't know where to post

 

[Maro2Bear]

Greetings. Sorry to hear of the incident. I wouldn’t rush it right off to the vet UNLESS you see obvious signs of severe trauma. Is your RF moving about? Head out, feet moving, bright eyes? Eating. I would let your tort settle back into it’s quarters - but really examine where/how it got out & fell & today I would get that exit fixed. Save the vet money for upgrades/improvements to the enclosure.

good luck

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Greetings. Sorry to hear of the incident. I wouldn’t rush it right off to the vet UNLESS you see obvious signs of severe trauma. Is your RF moving about? Head out, feet moving, bright eyes? Eating. I would let your tort settle back into it’s quarters - but really examine where/how it got out & fell & today I would get that exit fixed. Save the vet money for upgrades/improvements to the enclosure.

good luck

I agree
Is there any blood or any visible injury?
Is the tortoise acting normally?

Of course you'll also need to secure that enclosure better or put it on ground level

 

[Yvonne G]

Hi Bob, and welcome!

Your tortoise probably didn't suffer any damage from falling. He'll be scared for a day or two, but will get back to normal once he realizes he's safe. Please make sure he can't escape his enclosure again.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

That was the OPs one and only post.
Let's hope that everything worked out for them