a few days ago i gave them a bath. they dont like water so seldom bath them. but that day the weather was cold. then today i found one of them couldnt move their hind legs anymore. i was afraid it wil be paralyzed. is it rheumatism? wat went wrong? plz help me. it cant walk normally now.
2007-11-14 15:34:23 · 8 answers · asked by Sarah 1 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
I doubt that the bath has done them any harm. A vet should be able to examine them to find out what the problem might be.
D - I appreciate that there was a lot of spelling and bad grammar in the written question but it is not nice or fair to give the questioner an English language lesson.
By the way a tortoise should be in the masculine tense if no sex is give so the tortoise should be call he. "It" may be used to represent a person or animal understood, previously mentioned, or about to be mentioned whose gender is unknown or disregarded.
2007-11-14 22:44:17 · answer #1 · answered by clint_slicker 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rear end paralysis is a sign of nerve damage- possibly diet related- there are several nutritional deficiencies that can cause nerve damage like this.
A bath in cold water can also cause many problems for it- from reducing its resistance to other problems to causing spasms that could have done injury.
It needs a vet's care, and it needs it soon. If you are unwilling to provide that, then you should find it a new home quickly.
2007-11-17 14:28:56 · answer #2 · answered by Madkins007 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why are you asking unqualified strangers to "plz (please) help me...?" Get up off your lazy butt and TAKE THE TORTOISE TO THE VET!!!! It is their RIGHT by law to receive proper medical care and to deny it is abuse! Stop procrastinating. Financial responsibility is part of pet ownership. If you can't or won't take your tortoise to the vet then you have no right to have any pet! You may have injured one of them when you bathed it, especially if you are so ignorant that you would let a pet continue to suffer instead of immediately taking him or her to the vet!
The word is "what" not "wat."
The word is "what's" not "wats."
You need to say "...they don't like water so "I" seldom "bathe" them."
The word is "couldn't" not "couldnt."
The correct phrase is "I was afraid it (not he or she?) WOULD be paralyzed."
Since you admit openly that "IT" (not he or she! - poor tortoises) can't walk normally now what in the hell are you waiting for?!! The way you speak of them is indicative of your mental state. You seem to think they are "its," objects and not living beings. These are LIVING BEINGS with all the wants, needs, feelings and hurts of any living animal. Get off your lazy butt and TAKE THAT TORTOISE TO THE VET! Stop making the poor creature suffer simply because YOU are wasting time dinking around on the computer.
2007-11-14 16:16:08 · answer #3 · answered by D 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I agree with others - why are you asking this question here?
If your pet is ill TAKE IT TO THE VETS!!!!!!!!!!!
2007-11-14 21:55:44 · answer #4 · answered by Leu 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take it to the vet's.
2007-11-14 15:37:59 · answer #5 · answered by maitreyauk 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Uhh, take it to a vet!
2007-11-14 16:12:04 · answer #6 · answered by kd5jad 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
take him/her to the vet
2007-11-14 16:47:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is it breathing?????
2007-11-14 15:47:31 · answer #8 · answered by Mellie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋