I picked up a turtle (adult male slider) off the roadside this morning- face is pretty smashed up, one eye gone, couple of cracks in the shell...but behaving fine (no noticable brain damage), no heavy bleeding. My vet gave him a shot of antibiotic and we're going to see what a couple of days brings, but I'd like to clean the poor fellow up a bit. I'm trying to remember turtle first aid- aren't you not to use iodine on them or something? I'd like to clean up his head, one front foot and shell of the abrasions, but I don't want to use anything that'll make things worse. I've seen turtles recover from some amazing injuries, but I always got them much later in the process!
Thanks for any advice. 
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Advice needed for injured turtle
DrZot
Aug 30, 2006 05:27 PM
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kwnbee
Sep 26, 2006 10:43 AM
You can use Betadine on the turtle, you can get it at any place that has a good pharmacy section. Also if it's an aquatic turtle (did you say?) you may think about dry tanking him. Just remember to soak it every day twice a day for half an hour and feed it at this time also. Is it able to eat? Also raise it's temp a little to help it heal.
