Service Caster Corporation Assists in Rehab of Desert Tortoise
Service Caster Corporation received a call for help from California. The adoption team at the SF Valley Chapter of California Turtle & Tortoise Club had a Desert Tortoise in need of aid during recovery.
This particular tortoise, now named Reaper(once Speedy), had escaped from an enclosure where he was housed, and got stuck in a crawlspace under the dwelling where he lived. Somehow, for the better part of 9 months Reaper was stuck, trapped there. Finally freeing himself, the tortoise emerged severely dehydrated, malnolurished, and had great difficulty locomoting.
Unfortunately, this time period spent under the house and steadily working to free himself, left Reaper with multiple problems. He has returned to eating well, but has trouble walking, most likely due to "neurological or tendon and ligament damage." During the escape process he had also ground his toenails to mere stubs.
