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Posted by Danica on October 22, 2000 at 15:06:33:
This is the story of dozer, my miracle baby. I hope this may help someone in the future.
Last winter I was given a sulcata tort named dozer. He is 6-7 years old now. About 1.5 years ago dozer ate bricks in the former owners back yard and they did surgery to remove them. They knew something was wrong because his penis was prolapsed. So last winter dozer came to live with me. He spends his winters in my kitchen with the family. He follows me around and we eat banana's together for a treat. I have become very attached to dozer over the past year, he's like a second child. Last tuesday morning, I was sitting here doing homework and dozer defcated and his penis was prolapsed again. I called the vet. The next morning they did x-rays and said that they didn't see anything that he had eaten. Wheeww was my thoughts because dozer had been at reptile day at school on monday and it was possible that he could have picked something up. So he ran blood tests and they showed nothing so he took more x-rays and he saw something this time. It was something metal about 1 1/2 inches long 1/8 in. wide. I was sick, he had to have surgery again. Friday was the day for surgery. I couldn't eat nor sleep because my baby was going to have surgery again and I couldn't be there with him. So Friday I went in before he had surgery and visited for a long while and then went home to wait by the phone to hear how it went. The call came in at around 5:30 it was my vet. He told me Dozer didn't make it through recovery and that whatever he had eaten was about ready to pass, it was in his feces. I was crushed, my heart sank. I ask the vet to have him ready in the morning so I could bury him properly. So, I sat in the kitchen where dozer stayed and cried then realized I couldn't be home right now so I left and went to greave for my lost family member. When I finally arrived home, there was a message from the vet that dozer, after hours of looking dead, had woke up. He was in fact alive!!! I couldn't wait to call the vet the next morning. When I finally got ahold of him he confirmed that dozer was alive again and explained that is was hard to hear a heart beat on a tortoise and with him just coming out of surgery it was even fainter. He also told me that dozer could home which made my year. Although he may have to go see a specialist because we still don't know what caused the prolapsed penis, I still have my dozer. He won't be at anymore lectures either. I can't say for sure that is where he got whatever he ate, but I can ensure that in my kitchen he doesn't eat anything else. Never give up home people, miracles do happen. Dozer is my miracle baby.
I would also like to thank everyone that supported dozer when he was sick, and those who supported his nervous mother too!!! You know who you are. Thanks for reading our story
Danni and Dozer
