Post by bigfatdaddy on Mar 27, 2015 11:30:47 GMT -5
here is freeway
he is a old family member i picked up on the freeway !
actually on the freeway {hence forth the name} FREEWAY!
i was on the 405 fwy and where the 105 was being added . a bulldozer clearing the area hit the tortoise
so it bolted off into the lanes of traffic!
i was on my new Honda VLT 600 i had passed him and had to turn around but no time to get off so just did it!
came by and stopped in his path ,he marched right up so i scooped him up and onto my tank !
his front legs held on as his backs scratched my new bike to crap!
got home and seen the punch in crack sort of triangle shaped???
i could see meat !
i patched his shell with plaster {he look like a army helmet}but after about 6 or so months it fell off and the shell had mended!
that's not the miracle story of FREEWAY the tortoise
we moved from that house the the one i reside in now.
great yard ! i put in a small 150 gall pond,i had a small stick tied to the pump to locate it {the water was green}
so before going out shopping one day i see freeway eating dandelions around the pond and we left !
the pond had a 5" rim way would he go near it!
so we went ,for a long time going to several stores!
after unloading and putting things away i went to sit in the back!
humm the stick is gone??
so i kneel down and search the water with my hands {green water can't see}
and i find freeway dead as can be !
every thing relaxed and out arms head legs and genitalia!
i freaked out and started to hold him but the feet and pour the water from his lifeless body!
my wife called a vet and he said sorry its dead !
i push things back in and more water came out ,so i held him upside down and continued until no more water
then i gave him a breath of air by my mouth over his face and tiny puff !
i could hear gurgles and more water came out i did this for 45 minuets
after that i felt he was to cold so out came a heating blanket
i kept giving him a puff and move his arms and leggs for 2 more hours and then !
i felt a shock he flinched and that means life
i went to give one more breath and he inhaled for himself !
it did change his cog-nativity but he has made a full recovery as far as i can tell
i think tortoise hibernate and perhaps his body tried to save itself but i think my actions saved him from death
by clearing airways and heat
we did take him to the vet who said he's dead and he gave freeway some antibiotics and wrote a paper in the vet medical site
he was amazed! FREEWAY THE WONDER TORTOISE !
you can see the healed damage on his shell!
he is a old family member i picked up on the freeway !
actually on the freeway {hence forth the name} FREEWAY!
i was on the 405 fwy and where the 105 was being added . a bulldozer clearing the area hit the tortoise
so it bolted off into the lanes of traffic!
i was on my new Honda VLT 600 i had passed him and had to turn around but no time to get off so just did it!
came by and stopped in his path ,he marched right up so i scooped him up and onto my tank !
his front legs held on as his backs scratched my new bike to crap!
got home and seen the punch in crack sort of triangle shaped???
i could see meat !
i patched his shell with plaster {he look like a army helmet}but after about 6 or so months it fell off and the shell had mended!
that's not the miracle story of FREEWAY the tortoise
we moved from that house the the one i reside in now.
great yard ! i put in a small 150 gall pond,i had a small stick tied to the pump to locate it {the water was green}
so before going out shopping one day i see freeway eating dandelions around the pond and we left !
the pond had a 5" rim way would he go near it!
so we went ,for a long time going to several stores!
after unloading and putting things away i went to sit in the back!
humm the stick is gone??
so i kneel down and search the water with my hands {green water can't see}
and i find freeway dead as can be !
every thing relaxed and out arms head legs and genitalia!
i freaked out and started to hold him but the feet and pour the water from his lifeless body!
my wife called a vet and he said sorry its dead !
i push things back in and more water came out ,so i held him upside down and continued until no more water
then i gave him a breath of air by my mouth over his face and tiny puff !
i could hear gurgles and more water came out i did this for 45 minuets
after that i felt he was to cold so out came a heating blanket
i kept giving him a puff and move his arms and leggs for 2 more hours and then !
i felt a shock he flinched and that means life
i went to give one more breath and he inhaled for himself !
it did change his cog-nativity but he has made a full recovery as far as i can tell
i think tortoise hibernate and perhaps his body tried to save itself but i think my actions saved him from death
by clearing airways and heat
we did take him to the vet who said he's dead and he gave freeway some antibiotics and wrote a paper in the vet medical site
he was amazed! FREEWAY THE WONDER TORTOISE !
you can see the healed damage on his shell!
