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Not really sure what happened to him, but we've had this Chinese fire belly for about four to five years now. As of the last year or so, he's been far more partial to his dry land than the water and often spends days up there, only going into the water to moisten himself up before returning to land.
So, yesterday I happened to glance over to him and he was lying up on land, belly-up. I thought he was dead, but when I went over there and looked closer, his throat was still going, so I gently turned him over and he eventually walked away.
The problem is that, when he walked and when he walks now, he seems to have some sort of injury in his hind legs and tail category. He'll either walk with his back foot touching his side or he'll curl his tail up completely into a circle and drag himself around. He tried turning around in the water today and he could only jerk his front half uselessly. He couldn't turn around. He had to walk forward more.
What's the problem with this guy? And how do I fix it?
So, yesterday I happened to glance over to him and he was lying up on land, belly-up. I thought he was dead, but when I went over there and looked closer, his throat was still going, so I gently turned him over and he eventually walked away.
The problem is that, when he walked and when he walks now, he seems to have some sort of injury in his hind legs and tail category. He'll either walk with his back foot touching his side or he'll curl his tail up completely into a circle and drag himself around. He tried turning around in the water today and he could only jerk his front half uselessly. He couldn't turn around. He had to walk forward more.
What's the problem with this guy? And how do I fix it?