URGENT!turtle almost drowned.

[Stevieturtlelady]

My turtle was found upsidown 3 days ago. It could've been two hours at the most! he's eating fine and walking steady and he has Peed he is just lazier than usual do you think he is OK ? To revive him my mom blew his nose and pat on his back he automatically started breathing again . He is just a baby 3 inches long he is a baby sulcata!(Gus Gus)

 

[Stevieturtlelady]

So if you have ANY SUGGESTIONS PLEASE COMMENT!

 

[Stevieturtlelady]

Oh forgot to say. He was upside down and his water bowl not on the ground , that's why we blew in his nose.

 

[Stevieturtlelady]

Here he is

 

[Mende]

I would provide him with a larger enclosure, more room to roam outside of the water dish.

 

[Stevieturtlelady]

Do you think he's going to be OK ?

 

[mike taylor]

Yes he will be fine . Just keep a eye on him .

 

[Eduardo Hernandez]

What do you mean by blew his nose? In that small of an enclosure, I wouldn't be surprised if he keeps trying to climb out and falling on his back.

 

[Stevieturtlelady]

We are about to move him into a much bigger enclosure we blew air into his nose. It worked perfectly and he started breathing.

 

[Stevieturtlelady]

Glad he'll be OK thank you mike

 

[omhoge]

So glad to read your tortoise is OK and very happy you were able to resuscitate him. We use one of those shallow fake rock feeding bowls for our tortoise's water, its deep enough for him to drink from but if he were to fall back into it there's no way his head would be submerged. You may need a smaller dish right now, Maybe when yours is a bit bigger this one will work. Hope that helps, and good wishing your pet a long and happy life! (no expert here but this works for us)