World Turtle News, 02/07/2016

Tortoise has soft-ball sized badder stone removed

A 55-pound Sulcata (Centrochelys sulcata) tortoise named Sully is scheduled to be discharged from BluePearl Veterinary Partners hospital in Tampa after having a softball-sized stone surgically removed from his bladder. Dr. Peter Helmer, who performed the five-hour procedure to remove the stone Thursday, said the surgery was successful and Sully is recovering nicely. “It went really well,” said Helmer, who is board-certified in avian practice. “I’m always cautiously optimistic and Sully appears to be doing just fine.”

The Astrochelys radiata (Radiated tortoise) stolen from Perth Zoo, Australia is recoved, Crime & punishment section. Watch a myriad of tortoises and turtles receiving winter care at Garden State Tortoise in the Miscellany section.

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Photo from BluePearl Veterinary Partners photo.

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