My sulcata swallowed a screw!

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Good luck with the surgery. Keep us posted.
 

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I am also hoping the best for your tortoise, that everything will turn out ok. keep us posted afterwards.
 

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Yes, I had no idea, if they see it, they’ll eat it. It makes you vacuum a whole lot more than I did. Now, Mali ?? is 40# and has just started eating, yes ! Eating Timothy hay, so I’ve only had Mali ?? for 1 1/2 years. I would like to know how much she should eat. She self feeds on the hay. I feed her greens, cucumber slices cut up, maybe some blueberries (her absolute favorite). I fill up a large glass pie plate with that, then a rubber baby dish with water water and a 1 1/2 cups of Mazuri. I live in Minnesota and then winter in AZ. She loves it down there, so when it’s nice in MN I take her out and let her graze, I have lots of dandelion, and now it’s good tor the Honey Bees ! I just want to make sure is getting enough as I only feed her once a day. She has good poops, and her urates are good, lots of water at the same time.
 

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Hello every one, here's a new update on Kiwi. He just had his surgery this evening and he did great! The vet just called me and said that the operation went very well and I'm definitely happy to hear that. The screw rusted and caused inflammation in his stomach, It also injured some part of his lung but the vet had injected him with medicine so I thought he would be fine. Thank you so much for all the supports and advice, I'm really thankful for that. I attached some pics of him after the surgery also the screw. Any tips on how to care a tortoise after surgery?

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I am so glad to see this!
Was the vet able to get any of the other junk out?
Did he staple or glue the piece of plastron back?

I would think maybe he should be on paper towels for a while, but hold off until others with more experience chime in.

What did the vet say to do? Is the vet keeping him for a few days?
 

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Paper towels is also what I have been taught.

Wow, what an ordeal. Best wishes to you and Kiwi! :tort:
 

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@Yvonne G she might be able to help you with the recovery. Best wishes
 

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Wow, so happy the surgery went well! Please keep us posted. We'll be thinking of you and your tort :<3:
 

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Sounds good so far! Do keep us posted. We're all pulling for you!
 

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I glad to hear the good news, I hope you're torts recovery go well. Keep us informed
 

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I don't know what to suggest. Maybe in the morning someone will know more. I'm going to tag a member who is a vet.

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If the foreign material is still in the stomach perhaps endoscopy might retrieve It. But a lot depends on size of the tortoise ( bigger the better) because of equipment limitations. Unfortunately it looks like the material has congregated i. I can’t imagine operating on a tortoise We can only hope it passes on its own and I agree that supportive care and laxative foods are important.
 

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If you scroll up, you'll see that his tort underwent surgery...
 

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I am so glad to see this!
Was the vet able to get any of the other junk out?
Did he staple or glue the piece of plastron back?

I would think maybe he should be on paper towels for a while, but hold off until others with more experience chime in.

What did the vet say to do? Is the vet keeping him for a few days?

The Vet did the X-ray twice and said that there was only one screw in his stomach, while the rest is food, and used glue to placed the plastron back. I don't know any about paper towels, maybe I'll ask the vet later. Kiwi's condition now is stable so the vet said that we could bring him home today, I'll pick him up this afternoon. Thanks for the reply
 
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