Central Texas Tortoise Rescue

This poor sweet girl was likely hit by a car some weeks before she was found on the side of the road in south Waco. The kind finder drove her one and a half hours right then to our Pflugerville location. Somehow this tortoise survived the accident but still needs a lot of medical attention. She came with a broken spine but the spinal cord is in tact. The soft tissue covering her lungs is exposed and she has some small open wounds that had ants on them. The shell will not grow back.

With our veterinarian, Dr. Louth, we are treating her with antibiotic shots and pain injections daily for 14 days, giving her a daily soak, flushing out her wounds very carefully, and putting prescription antibiotic cream on the open wounds. The large wound is covered in this cream in some of the photos. We will only do small areas in the cream after today.

We named her Diana Prince. You can follow Diana's journey with us here.

Be sure your tortoise yard is secure so they do not escape.

Our email is back up. If you emailed us in the last 48 hours, make sure it went through and we responded. If not, please send it again.

Natasha and Donatella say thanks for your patience and don't forget to VOTE for CTTR in the Nonprofit category of the Pflugerville Chamber of Commerce contest. You do not have to live in Pflugerville to vote.

https://bestofpflugerville.voterfly.com/

Yes they are available for adoption at www.texastortoiserescue.com

There is nothing cuter than a tiny baby tortoise eating a big beautiful hibiscus flower. This is Yoshi, a baby leopard tortoise. She is available for adoption.

Www.texastortoiserescue.com