I woke up this morning to see blood splattered on the cement outside of Mr.T's pond. My ultra healthy Mr.T climbed out of his pond/enclosure and fell 3 feet onto the cement and did a face plant. He's still very active, shell seems fine he just messed his face up pretty good. It's possible that he broke his jaw, the damage seems to be mostly inside his mouth, I can see lots of red blood/flesh in the corner of mouth where it gaps open slightly.
My questions are what should I do to properly care for him? Should I dry dock him to help clot off bleeding? I doubt there is any antiseptic that is safe to use inside his mouth. I hate our local exotic vet, they killed my marginated tortoise baby and just seem to be really bad every time I need to bring anyone in. I don't want to bring him in, I feel like its more harm than good and it's always about $600 every time I step foot in there. He's in my son's bathtub right now where he can be contained and I can keep a close eye on him.
