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    Help, tortoise injured by dog

    According to the lady, she had been raising him for the past 6 years. She said he is roughly 6 yrs old so I assume she had him from young. She was very distraught that her dog suddenly did this, they have apparently never had an incident in the past
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    Help, tortoise injured by dog

    Thank you so much! I really appreciate the guidance. Will apply an ointment as well.
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    Help, tortoise injured by dog

    I changed my location to show as South Africa rather
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    Help, tortoise injured by dog

    Thank you! I wrote the initial post very fast and in panic so I realize I maybe left out some of the details. To add come context and to reply to @zovick questions as well: We rescued the tortoise from someone who indicated that their dog had attacked their tortoise but they said the injuries...
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    Help, tortoise injured by dog

    A dog got in and gnawed on the tortoise shell. His body doesn’t seem injured but pieces of his shell were gnawed off. We are washing the wounds and using a diluted iodine mixture. What else can we do? I saw posts of putting dressings over the wounds to prevent flies etc but I’m not sure how we...
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