Today We performed a caesarian section on a Yellow faced turtle. One of the eggs had ruptured inside her causing a nasty peritonitis. Her only chance is surgery. We removed six remaining eggs, which we have some hope will hatch. We also needed to remove a whole lot of damaged tissue, including her uterus so she will not breed again because it was too badly damaged. In this photo I am intubating her so we can do the surgery.
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