DonnaM Posted January 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 The girls pond area. My 23 yr old male (Rocky) has 15 females in this pond at the moment :love: Milo has a very stressful life.... :sml1: Yum! Fish for tea! (Herring) Miss Turtle always rushes out to greet people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirt Posted January 7, 2012 Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 Nice ponds, those basking logs are cool, like you see in nature and they all pile on :thup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaM Posted February 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2012 Pisces Update! She is quite unrecognisable from the first photos. Some of the scutes have started to shed and reveal the coloured scutes underneath. She has a great appetite and attitude but is still a bit shy about having her photo taken! Pisces making the most of her tankmate by using her to get closer to the lights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaM Posted February 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2012 Pisces has had her first taste of life in a pond. Its 1 mtre deep, so the photos of her on bottom of pond are not that clear..... Checking out the bubbles from the filter outlet....a favourite past-time of many turtles! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaM Posted February 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2012 Her plastron is still very concave, but doesn't seem to be as bad as when she first arrived Her shell still has a lot of shedding to do, but there are small patches of green showing. Many healed micro-ulcers are evident under the shedding scutes. Must admit after her being blind for 3 months and not able to feed herself for about that long as well I really wondered if she would make it! But there's no turning back for her now! (However she won't be spending winter outside just yet!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaM Posted February 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 Braveheart arrived Dec 29th...found by a demolition crew wandering in a garden. His skin colouring indicates he's probably over 10 years or so, but he is a very small 'meat-pie' turtle with a soft shell. He's made good progress and has a great personality! This week he's started vomiting his food and his neck/throat area appears swollen. Off to the vet tomorrow. It's as though he gets the food stuck in his throat and then spits it up again...almost looks like it did before he swallowed it. Even when up on the basking area he keeps swallowing and has the odd drop of water dribbling from his mouth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted February 22, 2012 Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 Kudos to you and your dedication Donna. :love: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#!CrunchBang Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 This thread should be made a sticky so everyone can see it Keep up the good work Donna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 Done. Perhaps we should change the title to "What not to do to your turtle" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirt Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 Most of the damages look like they have been rescued from uneducated people. Still doing an awesome job Donna. :thup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaM Posted February 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 Thanks team! Stickied...wow! Anyway, Braveheart had x.rays at the vet which showed no foreign body, just significant tissue swelling. A Fine Needle Aspiration...well 4 jabs in the throat actually....revealed watery blood. BUT, his mouth filled up with blood and then clots as she must have gone through the oesophagus with the needle. Not nice He was put in water and spat out blood clots...then ate it...then spat it out...just like he does with his food. FNA showed "Blood with filaments- may be artifact-" (whatever that means) and so the pathologist will check out the other smears next Tuesday. Vets at a loss and is looking things up to see if she can work out whats going on. I'm going away for a week on Sunday.....hope we can sort something out before then! Bravehearts blood smears in the back-ground X.ray area after Pauline had x.rayed him. She's still wearing the lead collar! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaM Posted February 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 Todays rescue turtle. He was found running down the street in St Martins. He's only a wee fella! I've had 3 more in this week! :facepalm: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 As you can see, the majority of turtles that turn up at Donna's are in need of extensive nursing and medical help, including expensive things like X-rays. All this costs money! If you can help Donna with a donation, please contact her through [email protected] or http://www.turtlerescue.co.nz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdspider Posted February 23, 2012 Report Share Posted February 23, 2012 Caryl, try using http://www.totallytanked.co.nz/turtle-rescue/ until http://www.turtlerescue.co.nz is set up properly. There's no content on that site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 Hmmm in that case I had better make some changes to one of the May AW articles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaM Posted February 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 Hmmm in that case I had better make some changes to one of the May AW articles Yes, unfortunately the people that promised me a Web site for turtle rescue by November....haven't made any progress....... :nilly: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaM Posted March 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 Braveheart is still hanging in there. No real progress for a diagnosis. His neck is still swollen and there is still small amounts of blood at times when he is eating or having his antibiotics. The following pics are from last week when he was still bleeding significantly from the Fine Needle Aspiration. These were 12 and 13 days post the FNA. Fortunately he wasn't bleeding all the time! His extreme Metabolic Bone Disease has no doubt led to a problem with his bleeding. He possibly has a goiter causing the swelling...another probable issue from his diabolical past life. The FNA ruled out cancer and showed some kind of inflammatory process That's food next to the syringe. He struggles to get food down due to the swelling around his throat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saphirecat Posted March 23, 2012 Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 Dear Donna..the students in the ESOL class at Mairehau have been stdying your amazing efforts to save the turtles at great personal cost. We think you are a Quake Hero..ine !!. We have written stories about you, ( which we would like to post to you ) and are currently trying to find a tank so we can care for a turtle :love: at school. We would love to visit you and the turtles. Kia Kaha..Judi :love: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaM Posted March 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 Dear Donna..the students in the ESOL class at Mairehau have been stdying your amazing efforts to save the turtles at great personal cost. We think you are a Quake Hero..ine !!. We have written stories about you, ( which we would like to post to you ) and are currently trying to find a tank so we can care for a turtle :love: at school. We would love to visit you and the turtles. Kia Kaha..Judi :love: It would be a pleasure to have you visit. Thank-you so much! I'd love to see the stories! PM me for address details if you like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaM Posted March 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2012 Braveheart update...No swelling, no bleeding, no vomitting, have stopped the antibiotics and he's eating anything in sight! :bounce: One happy turtle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirt Posted March 24, 2012 Report Share Posted March 24, 2012 well done Donna! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaM Posted March 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2012 Jessica (earthquake refugee who will one day go home) has been living in the snake neck pond this summer. Today Jessica was observed to have a lump on her mouth. It was a bit like a giant pimple! I suspect she got a toe jabbed into her lip during feeding and it's infected. There is no redness or signs of any issue other then the localised pustule. She's currently tucked up in dry dock with a dose of chlorsig antibiotic ointment on the area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbird73 Posted March 24, 2012 Report Share Posted March 24, 2012 Thats some good cheesy pus nom nom Well done with Braveheart, fantastic :thup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saphirecat Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 Dear Donna Thankyou for saving Braveheart.and Jessica. We want to to see them when we visit you next term .Could we come on friday the 18th of May at 12:30pm? We would like to help you clean your tanks.We can't wait to see you because you are a heroine. Shaniqua willl bring some spring rolls for you . Love from Ali Jan Anish Khadendra Simagul and Shaniqua :love: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnaM Posted March 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 Dear Donna Thankyou for saving Braveheart.and Jessica. We want to to see them when we visit you next term .Could we come on friday the 18th of May at 12:30pm? We would like to help you clean your tanks.We can't wait to see you because you are a heroine. Shaniqua willl bring some spring rolls for you . Love from Ali Jan Anish Khadendra Simagul and Shaniqua :love: Yes that will be great as I don't start work until 3.30pm that day. Please PM me for details (I love spring rolls!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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