Sensimillia
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After browsing the net I stumbled upon a site talking about CPR.
I had a look and couldn't find a thread on how to perform it. However found several posts talking about when someone's had to use it to save their Torts life. Although I read mostly of mouth to mouth/nose and gently blowing.
Thought it would be a useful thread to have. Hope copy and pasting is ok, will add a link to where I found also.
"What To Do If Your Turtle Can Be Revived?
1) Grasp the turtle’s head behind the ears at the base of the skull and extend the neck completely.
2)Turn it head-down / tail-up and open its mouth. Some water will possibly drip out.
3)After the dripping stops, place the turtle on a flat surface (belly-down) keeping its neck extended.
4)Straighten his front legs and pull them straight towards you as far as they can go.
Keeping the legs straight, push them in as far as they will go.
5)Continue pulling and pushing the arm which helps airflow through the animals’ system.
Take the turtle to the vet so they can administer oxygen."
Website:
crazycrittersinc.com
I'm in no way a expert and wouldn't know if the above technique works. However I hope it does and hope no one would need use it, but know how to incase of an emergency.
I had a look and couldn't find a thread on how to perform it. However found several posts talking about when someone's had to use it to save their Torts life. Although I read mostly of mouth to mouth/nose and gently blowing.
Thought it would be a useful thread to have. Hope copy and pasting is ok, will add a link to where I found also.
"What To Do If Your Turtle Can Be Revived?
1) Grasp the turtle’s head behind the ears at the base of the skull and extend the neck completely.
2)Turn it head-down / tail-up and open its mouth. Some water will possibly drip out.
3)After the dripping stops, place the turtle on a flat surface (belly-down) keeping its neck extended.
4)Straighten his front legs and pull them straight towards you as far as they can go.
Keeping the legs straight, push them in as far as they will go.
5)Continue pulling and pushing the arm which helps airflow through the animals’ system.
Take the turtle to the vet so they can administer oxygen."
Website:
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CPR in Turtles and Tortoises. YES! They CAN Choke and Drown!
While turtles and tortoises do not need to breathe very often, they do still require oxygen. We had found Popeye unresponsive last month after an apparent tortoise brawl. After doing CPR for 20 min…
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I'm in no way a expert and wouldn't know if the above technique works. However I hope it does and hope no one would need use it, but know how to incase of an emergency.