Urgent Care :: HHELP PEICE OF TURTLE SHELL IS RIPPED OFF!!!

[steve]

Please get him to a vet as soon as possible.

From www.anapsid.org "It is important for the wound to be thoroughly cleaned and all loose pieces to be removed from the cracked shell. Injectable antibiotics should be given. Turtles can get a serious disease called peritonitis and septicemia..."

Here are some sites for other tips about what to do, please read them carefully.
http://www.turtlecare.net/repair.htm
http://www.austinsturtlepage.com/Care/m ... ed%20Shell:

what you should expect from the vet: http://www.anapsid.org/shellrepair.html

[marisa]

How is the turtle doing? Have you found a herp vet yet?

[jenaero]

I saw in another post that the turtle has since passed away.

[marisa]

Yeah, just read it. Pity. I'd still like to know how that shell got ripped. Big Green? That turtle doesn't look very big to me, at least in the pic in this thread.

[sarah]

Did you get him to a vet?

[Jessica313]

thats sad. he probly would have lived if he has been taken to a vet.........

[Andrew7769]

he might not have had the money jessicadont make him feel bad

[missibsu]

There is nothing that says he would have survived if he had gotten to a vet. The injuries looked pretty tramatizing.

[reptilegrrl]

he might not have had the money jessicadont make him feel bad

Part of keeping a turtle is being able to care for it. If you cannot afford veterinary care, then you cannot afford a turtle. This is an important reality that we need to face, and all potential turtle keepers need to know.

I actually think that, given proper first aid and care, the turtle could have lived. They are normally very resilient. My turtle had a shell break about a month ago (he knocked over a bucket and fell off of a counter) and he is alive and recovering nicely, because he received proper first aid.

[TinySlider2]

he might not have had the money jessicadont make him feel bad

Part of keeping a turtle is being able to care for it. If you cannot afford veterinary care, then you cannot afford a turtle. This is an important reality that we need to face, and all potential turtle keepers need to know.

I actually think that, given proper first aid and care, the turtle could have lived. They are normally very resilient. My turtle had a shell break about a month ago (he knocked over a bucket and fell off of a counter) and he is alive and recovering nicely, because he received proper first aid.

In VuONG's defence I will say that a lot of people get these turtles not realizing the amount of money it is going to cost them. They don't figure it out until they find this site and we explain how their set up and etc... should be. I am with you, about him taking him to the vet 100%. I just wanted to say that some people buy these animal on a impulse and then they do the best they can with what they have. It would be great if people would come to this site first before they buy their turtles and then they would know that it does take a lot of time and money.

[reptilegrrl]

In VuONG's defence I will say that a lot of people get these turtles not realizing the amount of money it is going to cost them. They don't figure it out until they find this site and we explain how their set up and etc... should be. I am with you, about him taking him to the vet 100%. I just wanted to say that some people buy these animal on a impulse and then they do the best they can with what they have. It would be great if people would come to this site first before they buy their turtles and then they would know that it does take a lot of time and money.

Oh, I do agree that a lot of people don't know what they are getting into. My response was directed at Andrew's comment; I don't think it's legitimate to scold Jessica for saying that the turtle could have recovered had he seen a vet. In this case something went very wrong in that turtle tank.

[TinySlider2]

I know what you are saying. Poor little guy, I just wonder what happen.

[Jessica313]

thanks reptilegrl, i apprechiate you defending me. i didnt feel i said anything wrong... just the truth

[TinySlider2]

You didn't. lol