extremely deformed sulcata :(

Jacqui

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Okay called the guy, but with my hearing issues I could not understand a lot of what he said. What I did gather is he found him walking along the street two months ago and thought he had gotten run over. Took him to the vet. He wants $150 for him.
 

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This tortoise is obviously in bad shape, but c'mon... None of us have any idea how it got that way, or who did what? I never want to see a tortoise looking that way, but we don't know how it got that way. I'm the first to point fingers and lay blame, but until we know who did (or didn't do) what, I think the focus ought to be on helping the big dude out.
 

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I don't see anything wrong with guessing what might have happened among us on the forum and don't think it's distracting to helping the tortoise out. No blame was insinuated towards any specific party that I saw. That's where I would have issue.
 

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I know! If only this was a week ago, Jeff was in the area.

@Jacqui maybe Neal could help you out here if you can pay for shipping or if your hub is going to be out that way sometime soon. Are maybe even another AZ member. 150 is a lot for a tort in that shape, when you may have to put a lot of work into him. However, maybe he's "healthy" even in that shape.
 

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I would ask for a copy of the vet's diagnosis. It does look like something caused the back and front to grow differently. Injury or constriction, I just don't know. But he deserves the best life that he can have.
 

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Well, I'd be happy to help in any way that I can. Unfortunately I am not equipped to house a sulcata for any period of time due to limitations of space, if that's what it came to. I'd be happy to transport from one place to another though.
 

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@Jacqui maybe Neal could help you out here if you can pay for shipping or if your hub is going to be out that way sometime soon. Are maybe even another AZ member. 150 is a lot for a tort in that shape, when you may have to put a lot of work into him. However, maybe he's "healthy" even in that shape.
Hello....
i rescued him. I did enend up paying for him $100. Was so worth it. We named him Lucky. He is an amazing creature. I took him to the vet and we are thinking birth defect. Other than some parasites he is in good health. His shell is compressed but he doesn't act like he is in any pain. He is very friendly. He will have to have part of his scoop removed.
 

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Okay called the guy, but with my hearing issues I could not understand a lot of what he said. What I did gather is he found him walking along the street two months ago and thought he had gotten run over. Took him to the vet. He wants $150 for him.
I rescued him and we named him Lucky. We believe with the help of our vet he has a birth defect. Other than a few parasites and needing some of his scoop removed he is in good health, just a little Lumpy ;)
 

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This tortoise is obviously in bad shape, but c'mon... None of us have any idea how it got that way, or who did what? I never want to see a tortoise looking that way, but we don't know how it got that way. I'm the first to point fingers and lay blame, but until we know who did (or didn't do) what, I think the focus ought to be on helping the big dude out.
I rescued him..after taking him to the vet it appears it's a birth defect. He had bad nu triton which didn't help but the previous owner said he only had him a few weeks. Idk if it's true but he's in my care now and is a very friendly little guy
 

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This tortoise is obviously in bad shape, but c'mon... None of us have any idea how it got that way, or who did what? I never want to see a tortoise looking that way, but we don't know how it got that way. I'm the first to point fingers and lay blame, but until we know who did (or didn't do) what, I think the focus ought to be on helping the big dude out.
Hi Tom..
i ended up rescuing him. He looks to be in horrible shape, but after a vet visit we think it's a birth defect. His spine is definatly crooked and he had some parasites b it n over all good health. We will have to have part of his scoop removed after next round of medicine for parasites. He is super friendly, eats like a champ.
We named him Lucky
 
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