12-15-2013, 05:54 PM
Some of you have heard of Jake. I took him in a few years ago. He is damaged/deformed. It is sad.
He tied himself in a knot and couldn't get free.
You can see how deformed his spine is.
He couldn't shed or poop without help.
I managed to get him eating so he has grown, but he became so weak he couldn't lift his head. I gave him a shallow water dish because I was afraid he would drown accidentally. I did try therapy, I used warm water baths and massage. The water did let him move more freely. Change is slow and sometimes we do not see it.
I seem to have straightened out the sideways bend in Jake's neck. I came home to a surprize.
Jake managed to climb the side of his tank. So I set him up in a bigger tank so he would have room to move.
So there he is climbing out of the new tank. It takes him a long time to climb like that, but he keeps trying.
I am proud of Jake. Life cannot have been easy for him, but he has always tried. He is happy in his new bigger tank and is living a good life.
Go Jake go!
:smiley20:
He tied himself in a knot and couldn't get free.
You can see how deformed his spine is.
He couldn't shed or poop without help.
I managed to get him eating so he has grown, but he became so weak he couldn't lift his head. I gave him a shallow water dish because I was afraid he would drown accidentally. I did try therapy, I used warm water baths and massage. The water did let him move more freely. Change is slow and sometimes we do not see it.
I seem to have straightened out the sideways bend in Jake's neck. I came home to a surprize.
Jake managed to climb the side of his tank. So I set him up in a bigger tank so he would have room to move.
So there he is climbing out of the new tank. It takes him a long time to climb like that, but he keeps trying.
I am proud of Jake. Life cannot have been easy for him, but he has always tried. He is happy in his new bigger tank and is living a good life.
Go Jake go!
:smiley20:
Catherine