After vet visit pic! (He's not too happy, so this is the best pic I could get.) Vet said that he has a bit of a deformity, not just "normal" overgrowth. He's also underweight (not suprised), so I will be working on chopping and mixing using the advice above and his instructions (all very...
Thanks for the encouragement and tips, Rachael!
I'm really hoping this vet will see him. No call back, so I will follow up tomorrow and try another place if they won't do the beak.
I'm also excited to see his "personality" after the beak trim and getting some good food in him! I know a good...
Thanks, Yvonne!
Ah, look at the underside of the nail. Thank you! I would not have thought that! I think I will give the nail trimming a shot again. Even though I did a bad job on my first try, I've cut many pet nails before, and I feel like this is something I could do! I also am waiting on a...
Thank you, Colleen!
That article is awesome, and we will try making this food mix for him.
Thank you also for commenting on the beak and nails. You confirmed my suspicions, but I've felt like I'm a bit alone in trying to help him. When we were approached about taking him, we hadn't seen him...
We have a turtle that we "rescued" about a year ago from someone that was not caring for him. The background we got on the turtle was pretty sparse. We were told that he was a “Russian” turtle, doesn’t hibernate, eats “whatever.” The turtle was kept on dry pea gravel with an incandescent...