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8 Friends oF red rock canyon
Tort Tattler Maxine & Lucie Return
Roger and Sue Kolar medicating Lucie pigging out on all the kale Lucie plotting the Great Escape. Lucie and Maxine sharing lunch
Maxine. and dandelion greens. in the Tort Corral.
It’s and antibiotics. They also couldn’t get dirt or
been an exciting spring in and out
Both tortoises needed injections of painkillers
of the habitat. We took Maxine and
Lucie to see Dr. Nick Vitale at Desert Inn Animal water in their incisions. We were planning to let
Hospital. X-rays showed that Maxine had a huge them rehab at Red Rock in the Tort Habitat, but
bladder stone, about the size of an apple. Lucie that just wouldn’t work; so they came to live at
also had a bladder stone but it was walnut sized. our house. We bought enormous bins to replace
Dr. Vitale recommended that both torts have their dirt burrows and we built a “corral” of
the stones removed and get spayed. Maxine and furniture on our concrete patio. So they spent
Volunteers dedicated to the preservation of Red Rock Canyon
Lucie had surgery in mid-April. part of every day in our kitchen and part of the
day on our patio. Lucie recovered more rapidly
You have to understand that these torts live than Maxine. Lucie ate every day and discovered
outside all year at Red Rock Canyon. They she could actually steal food from Maxine! It
do not enjoy riding in the car. They think air
Lucie with the smaller bladder conditioning is an evil plot. They are sure the took Maxine longer to start eating, but when she
stone. vet’s waiting room, with all the snarling dogs, did, no dandelion green was safe.
is the seventh level of hell! They’ve never had Unfortunately, Lucie could see the dirt and
anesthesia and so on… Needless to say, the plants in our backyard through the patio furniture
entire Tort Team had all of our fingers
crossed for a successful outcome.
We got the news that Dr. Vitale was
able to remove Maxine’s bladder stone
in pieces through incisions in front of
her rear legs. Lucie’s bladder stone
came out in one piece. Everyone was
overjoyed.
They stayed at the animal hospital for a
Maxine with her apple-sized few days and then came rehab…
bladder stone.
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