Dr. Chris applying a fiberglass
patch to 'Painter' with Ashley offering assistance.
'Painter' with his new fixed shell
of fiberglass.
Campus
Estates Animal Hospital in Guelph has been providing medical treatment
for the 2011 season. Thanks
to a wonderful staff & Docters!
Dr. Chris was the first veterinarian
in the Waterloo Region who offered his medical services to help TurtleHaven
with injured native turtles four years ago.
Learning how to treat shell injuries
Dr. Chris took a workshop at the Toronto Zoo on how to treat injured turtles
and on the advice of other veterinarians familiar with treatments. Without
the generous help and support to TurtleHaven many turtles would have perished
without his help. A big thank-you to Dr. Chris!
A method of shell repair used by
Dr. Chris was pins and wires to reset the shell back into place.
After
six months of rehab 'Painter'' was released healthy with a fixed shell back
into the wild.
Dr.
Chris inspects the fiberglass patch that he applied to the plastron of this
Blandings.
'Shelly'
just before her release.
Preston
Animal Clinic in Cambridge has been providing medical treatment for the
last years and have saved the lives of my native turtles. The turtles and I
thank-you for your great compassion for all wildlife!
Tammy
an animal control officer from the Guelph Humane Society was called to assist
this large female snapper that was hit on a road by the Guelph Lake. She was
transported to Campus Estate where the lacerations on her shell were treated
and sealed. She was nicknamed ' Big Berta ' because of her size. She weighted
in at 41 lbs. She rehabbed at TurtleHaven and was returned to Guelph Lake by
Tammy three weeks later.
'Parkhill'
was treated at Preston Animal Clinic for shell lacerations and put on a round
of antibiotics and released once she had been rehabbed. She sat looking out
into the river before she made her move and swan away. It's always a great feeling
watching them go home.
