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well a dog got to my russian and towards the bottom of the shell it looks like there is a piece missing( like a shingle ) i am not sure if it was like that before. what is going to happen? will it grow back? is there any creams i can put on it to help it ? i'll try to get a picture.

i just found stratches on the bottom of her shell with a little blood.

another pic

no one is responding and i need HELP. the tort has statches on bottom of shell, was an open cut so i put neosporin on it. what else do i do?

Hi Shelly,

First thing you need to do is clean out the scrape. Dogs have very dirty mouths and it could cause an infection. I would recommend swabbing it with diluted Bedatine about 3 times a day.

Make sure you keep him on substrate that is clean such as paper towels until it heals.

If you have a vet you trust I would take him for an evaluation. The vet might perscribe a cream to put on it and might also give you antibiotices just in case of infection.

Hopefully other people with chime in on what else to do.

Hope this helps a bit.

thank you so much

I would agree! Keep it very clean. Betadine works wonders. Becarefull using neosporing. I believe that is a petorlium base.
Take it to a herp vet ASAP!
Also when you try to get photos, hold the camera farther away. I'm sure you were just wanting to get a closeup of the injury. However it was very hard to see due to out of focuss. Does your camera have a macro mode? If so use it for the up close shots.
Good luck with your tort!