Update on Turbo's leg

[TanknTurbo]

Thank you for asking, Meg!

Turbo is doing sooo much better! We moved her to paper towel and have been putting on neosporin twice a day. Her injury is almost completely healed now, thank goodness! Thank you to everyone for your suggestions and very well-guided instructions! I definitely attribute the injury to poor substrate and her carapace rubbing on the back legs.

Here are some updates pics of our sweet Turbo. Hey Danny, are we will thinking female Antakyan greek? She's got that irregular scute that is kind of unusual and I can't quite determine if the 5th - or last scute I should say, is really wider than the rest. She was hatched in the Spring of 2006.

 

[egyptiandan]

Her legs look much better Yup I'm still thinking female and Antakyan greek. Hatchlings and young adults don't seem to have the last vertebral scute as the widest. That seems to come as adults. Thats why it's hard to ID hatchlings without seeing the parents also.

Danny

 

[Meg90]

She looks great! I'm glad she's doing better! I have such a soft spot for Greeks....

 

[TanknTurbo]

Awesome, thanks Danny and Meg!

 

[Isa]

Really nice, I am happy that Turbo's legs are looking better .

 

[Stazz]

Yaaaay so happy Turbo is doing so much better

 

[TanknTurbo]

We just took these pics of Turbo's legs a few minutes ago. What a difference from the first picture I posted a few weeks ago, right?! She's more active than ever on her new firmer substrate of soil, sand, and a bit of cypress mulch for humidity. Her legs are 99% healed and we are still applying neosporin daily (down to just once a day now though).

Also as a sidenote, ever since separating her from her bigger, and always antagonizing brother, Tank, she has been a MUCH happier girl. She is even eating more - a lot more actually! It's sad because all along we thought she was eating just fine when she was in the enclosure with Tank, but now that she rules the roost in her own enclosure she is eating an entire small plate of food by herself! I'd say at least twice as much as she was eating before! It's wonderful, but makes us feel so guilty for not separating them earlier. To everyone wondering if you might need to separate your tortoises due to one bullying the other, my advice to you is to do it as soon as possible!

Thanks again for the wisdom of tortoiseforum!

 

[Gulf Coast]

I am so glad she is doing better..

 

[egyptiandan]

She's doing much better I'm glad all the changes have helped.

Danny