I made a Go Fund Me page, and you can just go to read what happened. i am so shocked that the seller won’t pay the vet bills. * ETA link was removed and so i tried to copy and paste story on here as it happened.
I purchased a turtle online from a very reputable tortoise dealer. I purchased a female Three-Toed Box Turtle. When I opened the package, i discovered the turtle was a female Gulf Coast Box turtle, and not what i asked for. Upon further inspection, it was discovered that the turtle that was sent to me was missing a leg and the bone was sticking out!! The bone looked fresh and i rushed her to the vet. Luckily, a turtle specialist works in a nearby town and i was able to see her. The turle would need an amputation. They put her on Morphine and got her out of pain and stablized her for surgery. The cost of the surgery was Much higher than i had hoped and I went home and left her at the vet to be cared for. I called the seller who was shocked ( or so he acted) at selling me the wrong type of turtle and that the foot came off in transit. He told me his internet was down but that we would talk later and he would reimburse me.
The Vet told me the leg had started to heal around the bone. Therefore what happened was that something like a string or thread got caught around the leg, and cut off the blood supply. the leg slowly died and the turle was carrying it around while the leg was covering the bone. While in the transport bag, the claws of the dead leg had caught on the cloth and pulled the leg off of the bone. After her Surgery, We Named her ILENE. ( I Lean)
I sent copies of the vet bill to the seller and when he responded to me, he decided to only pay me the cost of buying her and shiping her. He is refusing to pay me back for the expensive surgery that saved her life.
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