It's been quite a while, so I thought I should update Beret's thread.
He is doing REALLY WELL!
Like, crazy really well. He's a bit peeved because he's inside in a hospital tank instead of his lovely outdoor tote, but he'll get over it. Eventually.
He's eating great now, and because the swelling has gone away the vet and I are certain it is *not* a kidney tumor, and that instead he got bit by some sort of nasty spider. He's regained mobility in the leg, and can withdraw it into his shell.
The not-as-great part is that there's a fair amount of dead muscle tissue on that leg. We're keeping it dry and applying SSD ointment to prevent infection, and the dead tissue is starting to peel away. In a couple months he should hopefully just have a wicked scar as a reminder.
Here's a plethora of feeding shots that I just took. This turtle LOVES his worms and ate 6 of them tonight. Two nights ago he had a dubia. And he finishes off an entire lettuce leaf over two days or so. He seems to like them wilted, go fig.
In which my hateful turtle ponders if fingers might be tastier than worms.
Realizing that he can't actually reach my fingers, because I'm smarter than that, he settles for the worm.
Stop flailing, worm, and let me eat you!
GIMME!
RAWR!
I've decided that the character designer for E.T. owned a turtle. Because just look!
Turtle tongue!
