Moon's Graden

by **yor** » Sun, 29 Aug 2004 08:14:19

I found this injured slider in the road. Somebody a few cars up ran
him over. It looked to me as if the guy aimed for him, but I can't be
sure of that. I spotted the turtle a few seconds before and had
already decided to stop and move him out of harms way.

link: http://www.dotphoto.com/go.asp?l=almo&AID=1746059

I called the Jax herp society. With in one hour they had somebody out
to my house from across town. He looks bad, but they told me he will
probably make it. I don't really know much about turtles. I am more of
a snake a lizard person as of yet, but he was pretty active so I have
faith that they were not meerly trying to comfort me.

john

by **Chimi Chang** » Sun, 29 Aug 2004 10:44:36

"york" <they told me he will probably make it. I have faith that they were
not meerly trying to comfort me.
ONLY a froot-loop would imagine that professional Vets would lie about a
Turtle's prognosis because they were afraid that you might have a
"breakdown" or perhaps a "seizure" if they told you "the truth."

JESUS, GROW UP HOMIE.

by **warriga** » Sun, 29 Aug 2004 14:08:54

Quote:

> I found this injured slider in the road. Somebody a few cars up ran
> him over. It looked to me as if the guy aimed for him, but I can't be
> sure of that. I spotted the turtle a few seconds before and had
> already decided to stop and move him out of harms way.

> link: http://www.dotphoto.com/go.asp?l=almo&AID=1746059

> I called the Jax herp society. With in one hour they had somebody out
> to my house from across town. He looks bad, but they told me he will
> probably make it. I don't really know much about turtles. I am more of
> a snake a lizard person as of yet, but he was pretty active so I have
> faith that they were not meerly trying to comfort me.

First place to check on a MV ed turtle is the shell at the sides (the bit
that holds the carapace to the plastron), any cracks in this area usually
are a good indicator of internal damage.
Otherwise even large cracks as pictured on your mates carapace can be
repaired by "bridging"

by **David Buchn** » Mon, 30 Aug 2004 23:20:24

Quote:

> Otherwise even large cracks as pictured on your mates carapace can be
> repaired by "bridging"

I scooped up a large healthy-looking painted turtle a few weeks ago, and
moved her out of the middle of the road (they seem to universally think
laying eggs in dirt roads elevated between marshes is a Good Idea around
here). This one had apparently been doing this a long time: she had a
huge healed over scar in her carapace

So even if it looks amazingly bad, I agree, they can apparently recover
okay.

What surprises me about this story, is that somebody leapt into action
that fast and drove across town for one humble turtle (I assume this is
in an area where sliders are native). Neat.

by **frogz1** » Thu, 02 Sep 2004 14:24:59

Quote:

>> Otherwise even large cracks as pictured on your mates carapace can be
>> repaired by "bridging"

> I scooped up a large healthy-looking painted turtle a few weeks ago,

snip

> What surprises me about this story, is that somebody leapt into action
> that fast and drove across town for one humble turtle (I assume this
> is in an area where sliders are native). Neat.

The Jacksonville Herp. Society is a great bunch. They are very active and
attentive. I always enjoy chit chatting with members that frequent local
shows, such as the one coming up on Sept 11 and 12. Very knowledgeable
group.

by **yor** » Thu, 02 Sep 2004 20:48:23

Quote:

> >> Otherwise even large cracks as pictured on your mates carapace can be
> >> repaired by "bridging"

> > I scooped up a large healthy-looking painted turtle a few weeks ago,

> snip

> > What surprises me about this story, is that somebody leapt into action
> > that fast and drove across town for one humble turtle (I assume this
> > is in an area where sliders are native). Neat.

> The Jacksonville Herp. Society is a great bunch. They are very active and
> attentive. I always enjoy chit chatting with members that frequent local
> shows, such as the one coming up on Sept 11 and 12. Very knowledgeable
> group.

September 12th is my birthday. Maybe i can get my parents to sponsor
me a trip out that way to go to the show. Where is it going to be
frogz?

by **frogz1** » Thu, 02 Sep 2004 21:10:38

Quote:

>>>> Otherwise even large cracks as pictured on your mates carapace can
>>>> be repaired by "bridging"

>>> I scooped up a large healthy-looking painted turtle a few weeks ago,

>> snip

>>> What surprises me about this story, is that somebody leapt into
>>> action that fast and drove across town for one humble turtle (I
>>> assume this is in an area where sliders are native). Neat.

>> The Jacksonville Herp. Society is a great bunch. They are very
>> active and attentive. I always enjoy chit chatting with members
>> that frequent local shows, such as the one coming up on Sept 11 and
>> 12. Very knowledgeable group.

> September 12th is my birthday. Maybe i can get my parents to sponsor
> me a trip out that way to go to the show. Where is it going to be
> frogz?

Here's the info on it. I love Gila Production shows, always a nice
selection of venders, stuff going on and they advertise very well.
http://www.gilaproductions.com/

Moon's Graden

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