That actually sounds good. If she didn't care about the oral meds, there would be more to worry about. If she is objecting then there's some fight in hershe seems fine. she gets angry when i have to give her oral meds.
That actually sounds good. If she didn't care about the oral meds, there would be more to worry about. If she is objecting then there's some fight in hershe seems fine. she gets angry when i have to give her oral meds.
Vet said i can dunk her front half but nothing near the stump. Vet said turtles heal slowly. it seems odd to me, but i am not a turtle vet. I have still heard nothing from Turtle seller. Have emailed him the vet bill and tried to call just now but voicemail was full. Starting to wonder.
I will be considering it with Lola in the future if his lopsided walk starts to put a strain on his good hip, hopefully not for a while though.not going to do that. i feel she will be much more comfortable just being herself. once she heals i am sure she can pretty much whatever she wants.
I have been searching for a female Three-toed boxie for months online. every time I think i have a lead, it's gone. I finally found a guy who has a lot of animals and he told me he had a female 3 toed. I was thrilled, as you can imagine. Well she arrived this morning and not only is she not a three toed, when she opened up in her soak, i discovered she was missing a leg and had bone showing thru. I freaked out, and i checked the bag she was inside. sure enough, there was dried up leg that looked like beef jerky. I got her to the nearest reptile vet who happens to be a specialist in Box turtles. The turtle needs her leg properly amputated and then she needs to heal. Cost will be probably just over $500. The person i got her from has a 5 star rating, and everyone says he's a great guy to do business with. So i am not going to give out his name, he said he wants to make this right. So now i have a Gulf coast female, which i did not want, and a $500 vet bill, which i also did not want. I am trying to embrace having a new turtle, even tho she is not what i wanted. she can probably live in the outdoor enclosure with the three toeds when she is healed. she will not be able to bury any eggs, but she will still be able to hibernate. I did not want hybrid boxies, anyway. So i am trying to make lemonade out of lemons and thinking i will call her ILENE. She is a pretty gulf coast, and even the vet thought she was sweet and easy to handle for a turtle in distress. They gave her morphine right away and she will be there for a few days.
well, i will say that i think the seller might be overwhelmed and have his hands full. I'm not trying to make excuses, but with the other amazing reviews he got, i don't feel right outing him. at least not at this time. I am guessing she was closed up in her shell when he grabbed her for shipping and didn't notice bc of that. I am trying to give him the benefit of the doubt, since i would not have ordered from him if he did not have stellar reviews to begin with. If she works out with my other 2, then good, but if not, i will try to find her a good home. The vet thinks something like a string or thread might have got tangled around the leg and killed off the blood supply, but the dead leg was keeping the bone protected. Until the shipping. i know the turtle will be ok, she looks very healthy other than this issue, her weight was decent, and she was active, despite this injury. It's just the money i am bummed out about. that and the fact that there seem to be Zero Female Three-toed boxies in the USA for sale. But i'll do my best for ILENE.
She must be feeling better then!she seems fine. she gets angry when i have to give her oral meds.
Thank you for this post! It totally makes sense with the reptiles.4-6 weeks is standard. They heal much slower than mammals where 10-14 days is standard. Two weeks in a reptile will not be healed enough to create a good tissue seal and definitely not enough for suture removal. I don't remove sutures in reptiles until 6 weeks post-op. I usually allow my reptile patients short soaks (10 minutes or so) after the first few weeks if needed. But soaking can break down the sutures or water can seep into the healing wound.
What a mess! I still can't believe this happened!
I'm so glad she's on the road to recovery and you, you must have needed a drink after you opened that box! I bet you we just dumbfounded!
I truly hope this breeder makes things right for you!! Sending good vibes your way sweetie!