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I just got back from an overseas trip and my first port of call was to find Ned in the garden. I couldn't find him in any of his usual spots, and was about to give up and look again tomorrow when I smelled something. I traced it back and found Ned having rammed himself in a piece of pool equipment that had been left out. It is a tube that is a little narrower at one end than the other. He'd got himself stuck and rolled over. He'd obviously panicked as there was a lot of poop.
I don't know how long he'd been there, but there fresh (a day or twos old) poop in his usual spots. I pulled him back out the pipe and immediately gave him a soak. I then put him near his water source with some food. He has taken two hibiscus flowers and a strawberry from me already and his starting on some butternut squash. He doesn't seem to have any rub marks, but I will look again at his back leg area.
Should I just take this as a close call or is there anything more you can recommend to help him get over the experience (ways to get him to replenish lost fluids?)
Thanks
Ok. So, I have a sighting of him having been up and about in the garden early this morning, so he was stuck there a maximum of about 6 hours. Not a bad as I'd feared, but still clearly stressful and cost him a lot of liquid.
I don't know how long he'd been there, but there fresh (a day or twos old) poop in his usual spots. I pulled him back out the pipe and immediately gave him a soak. I then put him near his water source with some food. He has taken two hibiscus flowers and a strawberry from me already and his starting on some butternut squash. He doesn't seem to have any rub marks, but I will look again at his back leg area.
Should I just take this as a close call or is there anything more you can recommend to help him get over the experience (ways to get him to replenish lost fluids?)
Thanks
Ok. So, I have a sighting of him having been up and about in the garden early this morning, so he was stuck there a maximum of about 6 hours. Not a bad as I'd feared, but still clearly stressful and cost him a lot of liquid.