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Red foot and Leopard Tortoises at door

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Posted by: Rivmage at Fri Feb 6 08:18:46 2009  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Rivmage ]  
   

Hi all,

I got home yesterday evening (Thursday 2/5/09) and found a box with A Red foot and Leopard tortoise on my doorstep. I'm known as the reptile person around my building so, I guess someone thought I could care for them. I took them in and looked them over. OMG was I sicken. The Red foot had eye and mouth drainage. Both had feces encrusted tails, they stunk. It broke my heart. I soaked them for 45 minutes to try and help clean them up, the water was dirty into 5 minutes. I called the local herp recuse and they are going to take them in a couple of days. I'm going to make them as comfortable as possible until then.

Question. The Red foot had a mushroom looking thing come out of his anus, is that normal? What can I do to help them?

Thanks,
Scott


   

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