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monoxidechild May 21, 2005 07:26 PM

i found the poor thing in the road, i believe its a painted turtle, not sure what species(he was found in Idaho).

its shell is cracked from, his left side of his shell(where his shoulder blade bedins to where his neck starts, basically the top left corner) is cracked, and you can see flesh underneith it, its cracked down the side of his left front leg also, lots of blood, but it seems to have clotted.

His botton shell als has a small crack, under his left shouder

Still very alert, looks like it happened in the last few hours, if I can save this poor thing please give me some tips

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PHJoker May 22, 2005 08:26 PM

Is there an emergency clinic near you, or a wildlife rehab facility? Turtle injuries require special repairs to the shell which I am not truly familiar with, but I know it involves using special material to bond the shell where it is broken, then slow rehabilitation and exposure to water again. I hope you can find help for him, and thank you for picking him up, I am sure left to the wild, he would have been miserable.

Joker
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