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Maggie Cummings
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This is Wobbles...
I have had her for about 7 years. She was run over by the commercial lawn mower at a local golf course, it cut off her right front foot and almost severed her right rear foot just enough to paralyze it. The maintenance guy and his wife took care of her until she was healed then they took her to my sister's turtle and tortoise rescue and when I saw her I had to have her. She is a Western Pond turtle and they are an endangered species. She's a wild turtle and she has never once opened her mouth to bite. She is so sweet. And she trusts, she doesn't struggle to get away when I hold her like RES do. She just rests in my hand so nice. Actually she's the sweetest and most personable turtle I have ever kept. Next to Bob she is my favorite turtle.
Anyhow to continue, in July I discovered a large mass in her mouth, you can read that story here...
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread-Story-of-Wobbles-by-Maggie,
she had a very expensive surgery that removed that mass and it was decided that it was a form of Mycoplasma
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my favorite picture of her is in that story about her, but I can't find it now, you need to use that link and look at that picture and read that story. So life goes on and Wobbles is back to normal begging for treats and splashing around in her tank...
Last Tuesday I saw an open wound on her paralyzed foot so I took her out to dry dock her and treat it. It was bad, covering her whole foot out to her claws. Part of it was open under her skin, a bloody open wound. First I poured Betadine over it and when that dried I poured Nolvasan over it. Then I put Neosporin on it and when I touched it she jerked it so I thought I would give her some Metacam for the pain. I pried open her mouth and discovered that she had that mass back in her mouth. I knew that wasn't good but my Vet wouldn't be in until today, and right now as I type this my Wobbles is receiving an injection that will end her life. It's awful and it's breaking my heart. I just wanted to tell the story of a brave and trusting little turtle who had so much bad stuff happen to her in her life.
Right now I am going to go outside and dig a grave for her and at 3 PM I will go get her and bury her under the Rose of Sharon bush. I can't type anymore.
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I have had her for about 7 years. She was run over by the commercial lawn mower at a local golf course, it cut off her right front foot and almost severed her right rear foot just enough to paralyze it. The maintenance guy and his wife took care of her until she was healed then they took her to my sister's turtle and tortoise rescue and when I saw her I had to have her. She is a Western Pond turtle and they are an endangered species. She's a wild turtle and she has never once opened her mouth to bite. She is so sweet. And she trusts, she doesn't struggle to get away when I hold her like RES do. She just rests in my hand so nice. Actually she's the sweetest and most personable turtle I have ever kept. Next to Bob she is my favorite turtle.
Anyhow to continue, in July I discovered a large mass in her mouth, you can read that story here...
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread-Story-of-Wobbles-by-Maggie,
she had a very expensive surgery that removed that mass and it was decided that it was a form of Mycoplasma
![b9dclw.jpg](http://i54.tinypic.com/b9dclw.jpg)
my favorite picture of her is in that story about her, but I can't find it now, you need to use that link and look at that picture and read that story. So life goes on and Wobbles is back to normal begging for treats and splashing around in her tank...
Last Tuesday I saw an open wound on her paralyzed foot so I took her out to dry dock her and treat it. It was bad, covering her whole foot out to her claws. Part of it was open under her skin, a bloody open wound. First I poured Betadine over it and when that dried I poured Nolvasan over it. Then I put Neosporin on it and when I touched it she jerked it so I thought I would give her some Metacam for the pain. I pried open her mouth and discovered that she had that mass back in her mouth. I knew that wasn't good but my Vet wouldn't be in until today, and right now as I type this my Wobbles is receiving an injection that will end her life. It's awful and it's breaking my heart. I just wanted to tell the story of a brave and trusting little turtle who had so much bad stuff happen to her in her life.
Right now I am going to go outside and dig a grave for her and at 3 PM I will go get her and bury her under the Rose of Sharon bush. I can't type anymore.