My little 3-year-old RF Gibby has had it rough lately. I put all that into another post here, with before and after xrays documenting the hard object Gibby swallowed, and has since passed:
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/green-and-yellow-mucous-please-help-with-experiences.118173/
I just wanted to warn everybody not to ever let a vet do sub-Q or Subcutaneous fluid injections at this site in the uploaded x-ray.
I've circled the regions where they gave Gib fluid injections, and his back legs and tail became paralyzed and he's now pawing with his front feet and dragging his back end to try to walk!!!
The vet said she'd never seen anything like it. Then she called an experienced herp vet and he said sure- it has happened a lot in tortoises that get the injections under the skin in the location just above the legs- there is a baggy flap of skin in the hollow of the shell, just above (towards the head) of the legs.
He also said he believes it will be transient paralysis, but nobody knows the damage sustained, so we are waiting hopefully and prayerfully that Gibby can walk again.
Just wanted to warn you all- I've seen posts saying back legs and tail paralysis are from impacted digestive tract, MBD, and calcium imbalance, but I can't find anything on the tortoiseforum.org detailing this injection site being dangerous for nerve bundles and paralysis of the back legs and tail....
Here's Gibby's x-ray, and the red circles are the injection sites - DO NOT LET ANY VET USE THAT SITE FOR INJECTIONS FOR YOUR TORTOISE EVER.
Hope this helps others,
Karen, Gibby, Pumpkin and Bump
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/green-and-yellow-mucous-please-help-with-experiences.118173/
I just wanted to warn everybody not to ever let a vet do sub-Q or Subcutaneous fluid injections at this site in the uploaded x-ray.
I've circled the regions where they gave Gib fluid injections, and his back legs and tail became paralyzed and he's now pawing with his front feet and dragging his back end to try to walk!!!
The vet said she'd never seen anything like it. Then she called an experienced herp vet and he said sure- it has happened a lot in tortoises that get the injections under the skin in the location just above the legs- there is a baggy flap of skin in the hollow of the shell, just above (towards the head) of the legs.
He also said he believes it will be transient paralysis, but nobody knows the damage sustained, so we are waiting hopefully and prayerfully that Gibby can walk again.
Just wanted to warn you all- I've seen posts saying back legs and tail paralysis are from impacted digestive tract, MBD, and calcium imbalance, but I can't find anything on the tortoiseforum.org detailing this injection site being dangerous for nerve bundles and paralysis of the back legs and tail....
Here's Gibby's x-ray, and the red circles are the injection sites - DO NOT LET ANY VET USE THAT SITE FOR INJECTIONS FOR YOUR TORTOISE EVER.
Hope this helps others,
Karen, Gibby, Pumpkin and Bump