I’ll be stocking up on all those things this weekend if possible. I agree that for most situations wild animals should just stay wild. I wish you guys could feel how soft that exposed tissue is. It feels like a callus.. hard but if you press it at all you can feel how thin it is. It wouldn’t...
I’m just going to let his/her little body do whatever it’s been doing all this time because it seems to be doing pretty well. It looks very shocking but the turtle doesn’t really seem to notice or care. I wonder if it will ever have a completely hard shell there again
Thank you all for the kind words, advice, and knowledge. I never imagined anyone would see this thread, let alone engage with myself and each other. It was a long day at work but as soon as I got home my husband and I went to the hardware store and bought a big stock tank tub, added some dirt...
Thank you for suggesting this resource. I did that and found 5 in a 100 mile radius, which is better than I expected. I’ve learned that finding veterinarians who will see exotics around here (I have a 50 year old blue fronted amazon) are few and far between. Tomorrow I will call a few of them...
It doesn’t look very fresh. There isn’t any blood and the turtle was energetic and pretty thirsty. There is a small spot that does look a little.. meaty? Almost like a lesion. There are also two seemingly old tooth holes on the intact side of the shell.
I found this guy or gal in my yard today, missing nearly half it’s shell! The tissue is dry but very soft and pliable. There is also an empty space between the tissue and shell down the center of its back with grass seeds inside. I don’t want to let it go to surely die like this. It seems to...