Wow, what a day I had!! I had bought a pair of Russian torts from a gal here in town. Her husband was home and we got to talking herps. He has a great collection of 50 snakes. Anyway, I was telling him about my lizards and he said, "Wait a minute! I'm not a lizard person but I rescued two lizards. Want them? For free?" Like I'd say no? I am now the proud mommy of a Chinese water dragon and a Sudanese plated lizard. Not only that, but I discovered that what I thought was a spiney lizard is actually a Sudanese! Now to see if I have a pair or not. The new one is a boy. The pet store that had him accidentally shut his tail in the door and broke a chunk off. They were going to put him down (just over a tail?) and the guy rescued him. Same with the dragon. Both tails are regenerating nicely and it won't be noticed soon. Geez!! LQ (Lizard Queen, on another list) Hahahaha Another AKA Chinese water dragon http://waterdragons.tripod.com/ Sudanese plated lizard http://www.ceismc.gatech.edu/zooary/zoo/reptiles/plate_lizard.html

Oh no you did-ent~! ?? :-) Wow is right Janis~! :-) ( This almost goes beyond the bounds of serendipity. ) ;-) this goes to show what goes round comes round LQ Mama~! :-) Nurturing has a way of coming back hundred-fold. I'm tickled for you Janis. I'm tickled for these new fellows too. Imagine....... not only be rescued, but to be rescued by you. :-) I saw a news story about a tort the other day. One had been found with over 2/3 of his shell shattered. : ( prognosis was grim. They reconstructed his shell using fiberglass and it was a success. I have tried to track it down to send the details to you, but haven't so far. kath > Wow, what a day I had!! I had bought a pair of Russian torts from a gal > here in town. Her husband was home and we got to talking herps. He has a > > great collection of 50 snakes. Anyway, I was telling him about my > lizards and he said, "Wait a minute! I'm not a lizard person but I > rescued two lizards. Want them? For free?" Like I'd say no? > > I am now the proud mommy of a Chinese water dragon and a Sudanese plated > > lizard. Not only that, but I discovered that what I thought was a spiney > > lizard is actually a Sudanese! Now to see if I have a pair or not. The > new one is a boy. The pet store that had him accidentally shut his tail > in the door and broke a chunk off. They were going to put him down (just > > over a tail?) and the guy rescued him. Same with the dragon. Both tails > are regenerating nicely and it won't be noticed soon. Geez!! > > LQ (Lizard Queen, on another list) > Hahahaha Another AKA > > > Chinese water dragon > > http://waterdragons.tripod.com/ > > Sudanese plated lizard > > http://www.ceismc.gatech.edu/zooary/zoo/reptiles/plate_lizard.html

Kath, that's standard practice. Last year a vet in Hong Kong rebuilt an entire shell from fiberglass. The neat thing is, when the new shell regenerates the fiberglass is designed to fall off and then you have a whole turtle again. Another trick is epoxy. Of course you first have to pack the crack in the shell with antibiotic cream. I've been reading the most awesome rescues!! And some horribly gruesome malpractices. A sweet little 5 month old tort was misdiagnosed on Long Island and the vet gave him a shot of vitamin A once a week for 3 weeks. This poor baby had his skin and shell literally melt off his tiny body before he died at the vet's hands. Needless to say, his ability to treat shelled ones or any other herp has been pulled, thanks to a whole bunch of us appalled hotheads!! Yes, I'm into this big time! Love my scaley babies! The plated lizard weighs about a pound. When you pick him up he trys to turn inside out. A little talking, a little petting and he calms down so nicely. Then he cuddles. He's so sweet!! LOL LQ Kath wrote: > Oh no you did-ent~! ?? :-) > Wow is right Janis~! :-) ( This almost goes beyond the bounds of > serendipity. ) ;-) > this goes to show what goes round comes round LQ Mama~! :-) > Nurturing has a way of coming back hundred-fold. > I'm tickled for you Janis. > I'm tickled for these new fellows too. Imagine....... not only be > rescued, but to be rescued by you. :-) > I saw a news story about a tort the other day. > One had been found with over 2/3 of his shell shattered. : ( prognosis was > grim. > They reconstructed his shell using fiberglass and it was a success. > I have tried to track it down to send the details to you, but haven't so > far. > kath