rlander459
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Our 100# male got himself tangled in a cat5 cable. It is wrapped around his left front leg, and a knot is inside the enclosure. How can we get him to relax his leg so we can get a wire cutter onto the wire?
Try the upside down bucket method. If that fails, use a warm soaking tub. Keep adding warm water until the tortoise starts walking around, then pull the wire out.The knot is keeping the wire wrapped on the inside just inside the first joint!!
But leave enough so you have a good hand holdI'd start off by cutting the excess wire sticking out first.
Can you turn him right side up and turn the hose on him? That may start him walking and you can pull it out?
Yay, knew you could do it.Problem solved! Three of us got together for the hoist and I noticed that the knot had loosened. I used the long hemastats with a curved tip to finish untangling the knot and then pulled the wire out!!
Thanks to everyone who helped!!😺
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