Kitchen Floor Turtle Fed Cat Food for 50 Years: Can We Save Little Rockalina?

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Results are in for Little Rockalina, the box turtle forced to live on a kitchen floor for almost 50 years. What will her bloodwork tell us? How is she adjusting to life at Garden State Tortoise after decades of neglect? Does she really have any kind of future?
🐢Who is Rockalina?: In May of 1977 a young boy captured an adult box turtle in New Jersey. For nearly 50 years this turtle lived in the family’s home, on the kitchen floor and was fed cat food. Poor traction on the slippery floor, severe dehydration from being in a dry home and improper diet have led to a disturbing outcome for this little turtle. Her claws grew upwards and backwards in curls, her joints became bowed, her skin became discolored and started sloughing off, her beak grew too much becoming disfigured and now her back legs are suffering from necrosis. We’ve been asked to rescue this poor box turtle but are we 50 years too late?
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However you made it here, thank you and welcome to Garden State Tortoise. Garden State Tortoise is home to hundreds of animals from all around the world. We are a family dedicated to adventure, conservation of wildlife, and all things nature. We are a reptile rescue and breeding facility for more than ten years, offering refuge to those who need it, and working everyday to protect the beautiful world of reptiles in any way we can. Here on our RUclips channel you will be able to join us on our animal adventures while learning how to care for, protect, properly identify, feed and even breed many species of turtle, tortoise, snake and lizard. We even work with frogs and salamanders! We hope you enjoy our videos and help us share them with the world so we can continue to educate people of all ages about herpetology.
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