When you couple a soft tortoise with a blotchy-looking shell, you're actually seeing through the shell. If you move the little guy side to side you might be able to see liquid sloshing back and forth. This is NOT a good sign.
Angi said:Onarock~It is sad that you have to try and clean up this mess and deal with watching the little ones die. Good luck I hope you can save some! You said they are not your torts. Does this guy expect them back?
Angi said:I hope you adopt them out. I know you would find good homes. I get so upset thinking about children and pets in bad homes
kyryah said:What happens along with the soft plastron is an eventual systemic shutdown. The eyes begin to swell, and the internal organs begin to fail. It is pretty sad.
I am with Maggie and Yvonne that once they start to go see through it is hard to bring them back. Don't beat yourself up about it. Just do what you can to pump those little squirts full of calcium and D3. It is the best you can do right now.
onarock said:Today I adopted 7 - 3mo old sulcatas. They were given to me because the breeder couldnt provide proper care due to a job that has been taking him off island. They have soft plastrons. He had been loosing about 2 a week for about 3 weeks now. This is one area that I dont have experience in. A- sulcatas and B- soft shell. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance
TortyQueen said:onarock said:Today I adopted 7 - 3mo old sulcatas. They were given to me because the breeder couldnt provide proper care due to a job that has been taking him off island. They have soft plastrons. He had been loosing about 2 a week for about 3 weeks now. This is one area that I dont have experience in. A- sulcatas and B- soft shell. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance
This, and the fact that two more have succumbed, make me think of septicemia (sp?) deaths in litters of puppies. Very sad, and very difficult to watch. And the Salmonella thread made me think of the NPIP program to make sure chickens in egg production are Salmonella free, because there are strains of Salmonella that colonize the ovaries of chickens and every egg is produced with Salmonella bacteria already inside.
Thought: Could this batch of Sullies already have a bacterial infection? From the get-go?