Dovey
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I got a new plastic flower pot bottom to use as a water dish in my desert tort's indoor habitat about two weeks ago because the teracotta one I previously had tended to absorb water and get nasty very quickly and was very shallow, maybe 1-2 inches. This one is a little bit deeper than the terracottas was, maybe 3 inches, however, and i found my 7 inch baby upside down in the water with her nose underwater this morning. I immediately snatched her out, and she gave a little squeak and then seemed fine. I have no idea how long she was upside down.
She seems fine now, but I don't want to lose her to pneumonia in a month or a week. Is there anything I should do for her immediately? Aside from changing out the water dish, obviously! Jeez, this was traumatic. Poor wee girl.
She seems fine now, but I don't want to lose her to pneumonia in a month or a week. Is there anything I should do for her immediately? Aside from changing out the water dish, obviously! Jeez, this was traumatic. Poor wee girl.