Not exactly. Depends . Is your Tortoise active? Outside, sedimentary?. My Sulcata is healthy and almost 15. He is outside for 4 months. Gets lots of Sun and all the grass he can eat. He NEVER drinks, so some fruits, like tomato, cucumber, little bit of apple etc , are his source for water. He...
Not much you can do but keep it healthy . I have rescued turtle with horrific injuries to shells. They don't seem to be effected once the initial team is over and healed. She'll is just scared.