- Joined
- Dec 13, 2007
- Messages
- 39
My little tortoise has one of of those wooden hiding spot (the ones your can get at petco). Anyways he ALWAYS climbs up it and then when he goes down he always slides down and smashes is face into the ground. At first I was getting worried that he was trying to "escape" his enclosure. I was just about to post something about it here, when I noticed he does the EXACT same thing when he is outside in the backyard. Has anyone ever had this issue?
Anyways me and my boyfriend started to get worried that he might flip (we noticed that he almost did once) doing his little stunts. So my boyfriend (enginereeing major haha) decided to do some work on it to prevent him from going up there. It was working great for a while (but the little one was still "trying" to get up there). So Thursday night I was in the room looking at him when I had to leave for about 30 minutes. When I came back my little turt had flipped and was lying on his back I helped him back over and he seemed very scared (guessing shock). Friday I noticed he was eating very much and by Saturday he wasn't eating at all. I couldn't do anything about it, since it was weekend and was hoping things would get better. On Monday (still couldnt get him to the vet because its NEW YEARS...) he hadn't eaten in two days and he now wouldnt or couldnt open his eyes. Today was the first day I was able to take him to a vet, the ONLY one open in the entire area (I had to drive an hour to get there! i seriously hated holidays this morning while i was trying to find a vet open). I got there and he looked at him, and told me that when it flipped it probably compressed his lungs giving him an infection. He gave my poor guy a shot and told me to come back on Friday for his second one and after that I will be doing it!
He seems a little more active now. But geez its HARD when your pet gets sick in the middle of a holiday weekend... The only nice part was that the vet (a tortoise/turtle lover) loved how commited I was and didn't charge me for the visit!! He also didn't charge me for the antibiotics since he said it was such a small amount!! So my wallet definently loved the bill!
Anyways does anyone have any idea what to do with a hiding spot? I really don't want to go through all of this again....
Anyways me and my boyfriend started to get worried that he might flip (we noticed that he almost did once) doing his little stunts. So my boyfriend (enginereeing major haha) decided to do some work on it to prevent him from going up there. It was working great for a while (but the little one was still "trying" to get up there). So Thursday night I was in the room looking at him when I had to leave for about 30 minutes. When I came back my little turt had flipped and was lying on his back I helped him back over and he seemed very scared (guessing shock). Friday I noticed he was eating very much and by Saturday he wasn't eating at all. I couldn't do anything about it, since it was weekend and was hoping things would get better. On Monday (still couldnt get him to the vet because its NEW YEARS...) he hadn't eaten in two days and he now wouldnt or couldnt open his eyes. Today was the first day I was able to take him to a vet, the ONLY one open in the entire area (I had to drive an hour to get there! i seriously hated holidays this morning while i was trying to find a vet open). I got there and he looked at him, and told me that when it flipped it probably compressed his lungs giving him an infection. He gave my poor guy a shot and told me to come back on Friday for his second one and after that I will be doing it!
He seems a little more active now. But geez its HARD when your pet gets sick in the middle of a holiday weekend... The only nice part was that the vet (a tortoise/turtle lover) loved how commited I was and didn't charge me for the visit!! He also didn't charge me for the antibiotics since he said it was such a small amount!! So my wallet definently loved the bill!
Anyways does anyone have any idea what to do with a hiding spot? I really don't want to go through all of this again....