Swamp Girl Adventures Reptile Rehabilitation

10/08/2026

So many calls about turtles needing to be moved so it's that time again to share this how to video!

10/07/2026

Little surprise on this guy's x ray!
This adult male gopher tortoise was admitted for care after being hit by a car. I do x rays to check for less obvious internal fractures and today this guy had a little something extra hanging out in there!
The brightness of the material points to metal and it's some type of washer or or nut. Has a decent thickness as well.
His x rays were thankfully clear otherwise so now we tend to external fractures and helping pass this mystery object!

09/26/2026

Well, the record has been set for us on the smallest bloated gator to come in for care! Just over 3 ft. The other 3 Billy. Merlot, and Pracilla are progressing well and we are going to plan to do the same for this little one! Right now she needs to be strong enough for surgery so first we work on that. We are currently working to submit several viral blast panels for testing as we all work to get answers on the cause! Funding is needed for these cases so we can do more faster!

09/21/2026

Putting that wireless JPI Animal Health sensor plate to use for this hit by car softshell turtle!
She seems to be on the road to recovery and has been doing amazing post procedure. Tears like this are very tricky, but I'm hopeful this was a success.
The women who found her named her Lois!

09/20/2026

Sound on for voice over...Just wanted to share some positivity and also an example of a successful snapping turtle rescue off the road without anyone getting mad or thankfully not hitting the turtle before I got closer to rescue.
Sadly not all go well for the animal and or the people trying to help. Please be careful when making a rescue, and I don't mean because it's a snapping turtle, but because people can be impatient and cruel and we don't want the person trying to help be injured or killed. At the same time, we wanna make sure we can try to help the animal when we can. The wildlife didn't build the roadways so they are just trying to survive and move about their limited environment as we build more and more fragmenting their habitat.
Be safe and enjoy this successful rescue where I was at the right place at the right time!

09/16/2026

If anyone is in the area!!!

Join us tomorrow and listen to our awesome speaker!

09/12/2026

This is a fairly large hook tied to a rope was swallowed by this female softshell turtle. The poor turtle was tangled up in it causing damage to the side of her face. The damage to he face is scared over so she has been like this for a while. The hook was removed using an endoscope with gator retrieval tool that was sent down the scope provided by Endoscopy Support Services, Inc.
This job is extremely tedious in the sense that once I got the hook from the tissue, it needed to come out in a certain position as to not snag or touch anything else on its way out. But we were able to retrieve the hook with rope attached!Although this video is only a couple minutes long, the procedure took a couple hours.
Please fish responsibly, this is not the first time we have encountered this situation. If you hook a turtle and you're unable to retrieve it yourself safely, then please seek local help from a licensed wildlife rehabilitator or vet for removal so the animal can return safety to the wild hook free!

09/09/2026

Different gear depending on the job!
This male peninsula cooter was pond hopping across a busy road out looking for ladies when he was struck by a car.
The light cure gel is great for lite duty claps ( no pun intended) you can never have enough tools in your tool box! Show some love for this handsome guy!

09/05/2026

This is a record to get 11 sick tortoises in less than 2 weeks time from all over the state. It's hitting us hard $$ because labs and testing cost not to mention treatment costs add up fast. On average it's 300 to 500 or more per sick tortoise and sadly only 1 person out off all these cases made a donation with drop off. We want to help as many as we can and the latest bill equals above 1,000 and thats not meds just testing!
We have a zeffy that is fee free, posted in comments, our website mentioned in the video and then the Facebook fundraiser attached to this post.
Thank you all and please send healing thoughts!

09/02/2026

Don't forget we have an Amazon wish list!
Tolo says more 🪱 lol https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/319ZLLKWT3FBF?ref_=wl_share