Urgent Care

Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 10:18 pm **Wounded Turtle**

My baby turtle recently got bitten by my other turtle

I made the mistake of putting them together. Well, now the baby limps...both arms are wounded. So it looks like it walks on it's chest and back legs. I have put antibiotic cream on it but is there anything else I can do?? It is still eating...just has two bruised arms. How long will it take to get better??? :cry:

Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 10:22 pm

dry dock it for 20-30 minutes to make sure the meds atart working
I don't know how long it will take from him to get better

Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 10:26 pm

YOU HAVE TO HOPE THERE ARE NO BREAKS , OR ARE THEY JUST FLESH WOUNDS I WOULD TAKE TO VET IF THEY DON"T GET ANY BETTER IN A COUPLE OF DAYS , YOU MUST REALY ASESS THE SITUATION MIGHT EVEN BE A GOOD IDEA TO GET TO VET RIGHT AWAY.

Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 10:28 pm

Thanks

Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 10:30 pm

larqw wrote:Thanks

I HOPE HE GETS BETTER KEEP US POSTED

Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 2:02 am

Yes, the little one may have a broken bone(s). good luck - we'll keep our fingers crossed for you.

Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 12:40 pm

Broken bones?? :cry:

She's so tiny...
Should I try getting it to eat anything special or anything? When it tries to swim, the front part of her body is mostly in the water because she doesn't put pressure on the hands :cry:

I feel so horrible!

Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 12:41 pm

Have you gone to a vet yet?

Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 2:05 pm

No...I'm a poor college student!

But if I don't see any improvement by the end on this week, I'll try my best to get it there.
She can move the arms, one just looks a little bent it and the other one she keep near or almost in the shell.

Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 5:59 pm

One thing a vet recommended to me many yrs ago when Sheba got a sprained arm was to keep her in the water; floating in the water helps a broken bone in this case. Don't allow them to put any weight on it or try to use the limb to climb up on a basking dock. That will mean the turtle will most likely need to be in (extremely clean) water for a couple of weeks.

There is no way to put a cast on the broken/sprained limb, unfortunately.

Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 6:43 pm

Oh okay. Thank you very much! I hope that will work

Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 8:26 pm

Do the limbs respond to a gentle touch?

Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 8:55 pm

Yes, when I touch them, she curls them under

Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 4:55 pm

Tortuga is doing much better! Thanks for all the help.
Her limbs have not completely healed, but she can swim and climb up on her basking rock.

Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 8:27 pm

Well, that sounds good.

It sounds like a little time was needed to help her recover.

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