I have three box turtles and one of my girls has 5 under developed eggs that haven't changed in the past three months. I've been getting ct scans once a month at Gulf coast veterinary hospital. I get the idea they handle her roughly and she came home yesterday missing a toe on her right hand and I'm so upset I don't want to take her back. But I don't know of anyone else that can perform such a surgery on a box turtle. She had this surgery two years ago at texas A&M small animal hospital and they went in through the plastron, but today they no longer do anything on reptiles. Gulf coast says they have endoscope tools and would prefer going in through the leg.
Is there anyone else in texas that has done this successfully? Any recommendations?
This has been going on for months now. she started being lethargic I want to say 4-5 months ago. Did a blood test and the white cell count was high. so we started antibiotics. I got a ct scan, and then two more at gulf coast. Also gave her an avian birth control hormone even though there is no study to show it works in turtles. That the third time we used that. The eggs aren't going away, and her health is declining. I'm going to talk to Texas Avian & Exotics in Grapevine on Monday.
Is there anyone else in texas that has done this successfully? Any recommendations?
This has been going on for months now. she started being lethargic I want to say 4-5 months ago. Did a blood test and the white cell count was high. so we started antibiotics. I got a ct scan, and then two more at gulf coast. Also gave her an avian birth control hormone even though there is no study to show it works in turtles. That the third time we used that. The eggs aren't going away, and her health is declining. I'm going to talk to Texas Avian & Exotics in Grapevine on Monday.