This morning there was a person seeking a "Tortoise Vet" in a near by town, on Facebook. My wife asked if they could give us a call and almost instantly the phone began to ring ...Technology is Scary. It took 10 seconds to figure out it wasn't a vet that was needed but a complete change of care. 2 sulcata torts kept with no heat, together, irregular diet, visible aggression, "ones not doing so well." We agreed to meet and take the tort and give it the best we have, and hopefully save her. After getting back home and washing her off we set her in a clear tub with water to slowly warm up and soak, within 20 minutes she passed. Contact and offer them the option to bury her, they seemed very attached. Drove back to meet and return the body of Wilma. As soon as I handed him the box he said "I have another one for you" ... "if you want him." I said of course and took the tort from the wife. He explained he did not want "the same thing to happen" and understood he was in way over his head and didn't have the time. So as one tort life was lost today, Another torts life is truly going to begin......
Meet Koopa
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Meet Koopa
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