I found a female RES yesterday on I-24. I thought she may be dead. However I found her to be very much alive. She had sustained some damage to her shell and her head. Her head is so disfigured. Her jaw was smashed in half and I her eyes are gone. I do not think it would be fair to the turtle to keep it alive, but that is what I have been doing.
You see it is egg laying time for RES and if she has eggs and I'm sure she does I do not want to euphamise her in such a way that it will kill the eggs too.
She is currently sitting in a rubbermaid container. I have cleaned her up the best I could with Hydrogen Peroxide and put betadine ointment on all open wounds. She is responsive whenever I get near her container.
What can I do?
I am travelling to Memphis this evening to work. I will bring her with me if I must. I will be down there for about a week I guess. Any suggestions?
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14 Leopard Geckos 5.9.0
Found 2 Leo eggs (JungleXBlizzard) today. 5/23/04
2 Tokay Geckos 2.0.0
1 Graybanded Kingsnake 1.0.0 (on vacation in my house)
1 Baird's Rat Snake (Thanks Vadoni!) 1.0.0
1 Gray Ratsnake 0.0.1
2 Dekay's Snake 0.0.2
1.0 Ambystoma tigrinum nebulosum
1.1 Green Tree Frogs (H. cinerea)
1.1 Gray Tree Frog (H versicolor)
