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monoxidechild May 21, 2005 07:29 PM

i found the poor thing in the road, i believe its a painted turtle, maybe a slider, 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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iturnrocks May 23, 2005 08:20 AM

If you really want to save the turtle take it to a vet.

If not, put in a tupperware container and put in your freezer for about 8 hours.
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skanndelus May 25, 2005 07:17 PM

freezer for 8 hours?

PHLaure May 26, 2005 01:32 AM

I believe that referred to euthenasia

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