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she had been left to somebody with absolutely no knowledge of torts 4 years ago by an old couple who had had her for donkeys before the old man passed away, he was strimming the garden and didn't realise she was there, that's the damage you can see near her head
anyway the new owner advertised her for sale and as she lived so close to my sister, i decided to go look at her
for the last 4 years she has been living in the kids bedroom, had free roam of the house along with dogs!
diet was melon, lettuce and tomato with the occasional apple and cucumber!
i could NOT leave her there
i managed to get her for £80 in the end but there are going to be huge vet bills as there looks to be some scepticemia (the pink areas) and shell rot and probably lots more
i suspect she hasn't had any supplements but walks okish, not tall off the ground but not dragging legs either :rolleye:
we picked her up last thursday (hence the name, Beth's doing, by the way)
i didn't even recognise her as being a hermann's because of her colour, she is also very pale skinned
i'm taking her to see the vet next week and at 74 years old i'm hoping she will be able to stand the tests i'm sure lance will want to do on her
it's gonna be a long process there are probably things going on inside that we cannot see until x-rays and blood tests are done
this lady will be living on her own as i'm not sure after all this time, she'd know what a tortoise is :innocentwhistle:
anyway, sorry for the long post but please keep your fingers crossed for this gracious old lady with a funny name

Well done for taking her on! She is gorgeous. Shell rot is easy enough to treat so long as you treat it everyday without fail. Good basic hygine too, and I used to disinfect Digger's enclosure every two weeks just to be on the safe side.

The white stuff is healed, but it looks as though there is shell rot under the keratin layer of some of those scutes, could be wrong though, it just looks like its 'under' the scutes.

Josh

awwwww bless her

Good on you Sue!! Shes amazing and will now get all the love and attention she deserves, bless here

Sue, what a lovely old lady. She has had a rough 4years I am glad you got her as I could not of left her either. Fingers crossed all goes well next week.

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Beth!!! I love the name Thursday!!!:rotfl:

AWWWW she is gorgeous!! So pleased she has found you sue Will be thinking of you and Thursday when at the vets xxx

well done wils! She is in excellent care now!

hi sue.you are as bad as me.keeping my fingers crossed for you.look at terry when i first got him.mind you he wasnt as bad as thursday.hes coming on brill now.hes on the right diet now.loves going outside now.so things are really on the mend for him.im sure with the care and attention that you will give thursday,everything will be ok.if it wasnt for you and the other members i think i would of gone nuts over terry.and by the way all i want for christmas is a new lawn.he thinks it his and now i have got loads of holes in it where hes dug down.hubby scared of him digging to far and doing a runner.fingers crossed for you and thursday at the vets.keep us all up todate.

oh don't worry i'll keep you all updated
you'll be fed up by the time i'm finished :innocentwhistle: