There is a woman in a tort group I'm in who has a red foot with a seemingly unrepairable leg wound.
The tort is beautifully taken care of as you can see her shell is very smooth. She resides in Hawaii and says there aren't many vets who can help her.
She said she keeps it clean and tries to keep a bandage on it as often as possible. She said it's been like this for months and no new scales are growing back but it's not getting worse at all.
Anyone know what cause this?
Here's her post:
Aloha!
***I need advice just on the skin issue that has resulted. Please don't give advice on what should have been done by previous owners .
This is Scooter. I have had her for about 2 years. When we got her, she didn't use her legs at all and had been through a couple owners. From what the last owner says, she was given multiple vitamin shots I am guessing in her front legs by the owner previous to the last owner. When we got her, she hardly extended her legs and then she started to. (Her legs still stay in a 'u' position and don't fully extend out.)
First the skin on her left leg partially came off when I put her in an outside enclosure with grass and then the right leg. (I attached pictures.) I keep her in a plastic large container with newspaper and/or clean cloths so her legs don't get infected or lose more skin. I also soak her 1-2 times a day in a warm bath with a drop of bentadine solution and put on silver gel lightly every other day. I did consult with a veterinarian that has worked on tortoises. Finding vets on the Big Island in Hawaii is extremely limited. I do not live on Oahu so please don't suggest any help on Oahu.
Has anyone ever seen anything like this? Any recommendations if you have had experience? I can't use the typical substrate because it gets into her exposed/muscle and layer of skin.
Her appetite is excellent and she poops daily.
Have a great day!
The tort is beautifully taken care of as you can see her shell is very smooth. She resides in Hawaii and says there aren't many vets who can help her.
She said she keeps it clean and tries to keep a bandage on it as often as possible. She said it's been like this for months and no new scales are growing back but it's not getting worse at all.
Anyone know what cause this?
Here's her post:
Aloha!
***I need advice just on the skin issue that has resulted. Please don't give advice on what should have been done by previous owners .
This is Scooter. I have had her for about 2 years. When we got her, she didn't use her legs at all and had been through a couple owners. From what the last owner says, she was given multiple vitamin shots I am guessing in her front legs by the owner previous to the last owner. When we got her, she hardly extended her legs and then she started to. (Her legs still stay in a 'u' position and don't fully extend out.)
First the skin on her left leg partially came off when I put her in an outside enclosure with grass and then the right leg. (I attached pictures.) I keep her in a plastic large container with newspaper and/or clean cloths so her legs don't get infected or lose more skin. I also soak her 1-2 times a day in a warm bath with a drop of bentadine solution and put on silver gel lightly every other day. I did consult with a veterinarian that has worked on tortoises. Finding vets on the Big Island in Hawaii is extremely limited. I do not live on Oahu so please don't suggest any help on Oahu.
Has anyone ever seen anything like this? Any recommendations if you have had experience? I can't use the typical substrate because it gets into her exposed/muscle and layer of skin.
Her appetite is excellent and she poops daily.
Have a great day!
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