Dog attacked sulcata

[BornInTheBoot]

Hey so I know I'm gonna get the whole don't let dogs near tortoises thing. But I didn't do this. I told my cousin to watch Jerome for about 10 minutes while I ran in. I told her to make sure no dogs come near him. She said ok. After I came back outside she was no where to be found and her dog was munching on my tort. She said she thought her dog just wanted to "meet" Jerome. But if you could please help by telling me what I should do and how bad it looks please. Thank y'all

 

[Taylor T.]

Looks pretty bad too me. However, tortoises are very resilient creatures and are capable of surviving terrible injuries.

Try disinfecting the wounds with hydrogen peroxide. After allowing it to dry, apply Neosporin.

To keep all dirt out of the wounds, remove all substrate from the enclosure and temporarily replace it with paper towels. Increase temperature to no lower than 85 degrees anywhere anytime.

 

[BornInTheBoot]

Looks pretty bad too me. However, tortoises are very resilient creatures and are capable of surviving terrible injuries.

Try disinfecting the wounds with hydrogen peroxide. After allowing it to dry, apply Neosporin.

To keep all dirt out of the wounds, remove all substrate from the enclosure and temporarily replace it with paper towels. Increase temperature to no lower than 85 degrees anywhere anytime.

Thank you. Will do. I appreciate the help

 

[Wendy Proulx]

Bring him to be Vet please to get checked out. Infection can set in early especially with the bacteria from the dogs mouth

 

[BornInTheBoot]

Bring him to be Vet please to get checked out. Infection can set in early especially with the bacteria from the dogs mouth

Thank you. This was one of my worst nightmares when I got a tortoise. Ughhh

 

[Bee62]

Hello and welcome to the forum.
Nobody here will judge you for what happend. It was not your fault.
The wound on the back leg looks really bad. I think you must visit a VET with your tort. The sectorial tooth of the dog could have been deep in the body of the tort. Your tortoise needs antibiotics and pain meds. He has much pain, that is sure.
Do you have something to clean wounds ?
I am not so experienced with wound treatment, so I call for help:
@Tom
@zovick
@Yvonne G

Please can anybody help ?

 

[Bee62]

Looks pretty bad too me. However, tortoises are very resilient creatures and are capable of surviving terrible injuries.

Try disinfecting the wounds with hydrogen peroxide. After allowing it to dry, apply Neosporin.

To keep all dirt out of the wounds, remove all substrate from the enclosure and temporarily replace it with paper towels. Increase temperature to no lower than 85 degrees anywhere anytime.

Sorry, I haven`t seen your post. Your advices are a pretty good help.

 

[BornInTheBoot]

Hello and welcome to the forum.
Nobody here will judge you for what happend. It was not your fault.
The wound on the back leg looks really bad. I think you must visit a VET with your tort. The sectorial tooth of the dog could have been deep in the body of the tort. Your tortoise needs antibiotics and pain meds. He has much pain, that is sure.
Do you have something to clean wounds ?
I am not so experienced with wound treatment, so I call for help:
@Tom
@zovick
@Yvonne G

Please can anybody help ?

Thank you. I greatly appreciate all the help.

 

[Bee62]

Thank you. I greatly appreciate all the help.

How is your little one doing ? Is he shocked ? Can you visit a VET asap ?

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Good advice already given.
If you can't get to the vet immediately, then do the hydrogen peroxide and Neosporin and then leave the tort in the dark so he can recover from the shock.

 

[wellington]

Looks pretty bad too me. However, tortoises are very resilient creatures and are capable of surviving terrible injuries.

Try disinfecting the wounds with hydrogen peroxide. After allowing it to dry, apply Neosporin.

To keep all dirt out of the wounds, remove all substrate from the enclosure and temporarily replace it with paper towels. Increase temperature to no lower than 85 degrees anywhere anytime.

Actually I wouldn't use peroxide. It will sting like crazy on those kinds of open wounds.
Just clean it out good with warm water and apply an antibiotic cream. You can clean it with some betadine but just once. Then keep him on paper towels and raise the over all temps to 85 day and night.

 

[Bee62]

@BornInTheBoot
Are there news of your tort ?

 

[BornInTheBoot]

@BornInTheBoot
Are there news of your tort ?

Hello everyone. I'm back. I'm sorry for the long time of no updates. I've had a lot going on with college and family but I'm back with good news. Jerome has recovered very well or that's how it seems to me. He's been in his icu cage this whole time. He's still thriving and eating a ton.

 

[BornInTheBoot]

Here are the pictures

 

[Gillian M]

Am so sorry to know that your tort was attacked by a dog. You are not the culprit.

Have you taken your tort to a vet? If so, what did the vet say? Please keep us updated.

Wishes for a speedy recovery to your tort.

 

[Bee62]

Hello everyone. I'm back. I'm sorry for the long time of no updates. I've had a lot going on with college and family but I'm back with good news. Jerome has recovered very well or that's how it seems to me. He's been in his icu cage this whole time. He's still thriving and eating a ton.

Thank you for the update ! Good news, congrats ! Torts can bear much.
Can you show us some pictures how the wounds heal ? I am just curious.

 

[Gillian M]

Here are the pictures View attachment 224192View attachment 224193View attachment 224194View attachment 224195View attachment 224196

Thanks for posting the pics.

Your tort will hopefully recover.

 

[BornInTheBoot]

Thank you for the update ! Good news, congrats ! Torts can bear much.
Can you show us some pictures how the wounds heal ? I am just curious.

Yes I have just posted some. They were taken today. They are seemingly better. I will continue to post more updates. After you see the pictures do you think he could go back into his normal tank now?

 

[Wendy Proulx]

Wounds still look pretty open and still a little red, which means it is still healing. I would keep him in the ICU tank for a bit longer

 

[BornInTheBoot]

Wounds still look pretty open and still a little red, which means it is still healing. I would keep him in the ICU tank for a bit longer

Ok thank you. Do they look like they are healing well as of now though?