Dog Attacked Tortoise!

[The Fish]

Hey guys, my dog escaped into the yard and attacked my leopard tortoise. He injured his shell


Does it look bad? What should I do???
Any advice will help!!

 

[mike taylor]

I don't see any blood . It's only the shell? All you can do is keep it clean . Keep your dog away from him . Put some neosporin on it .

 

[The Fish]

I don't see any blood . It's only the shell? All you can do is keep it clean . Keep your dog away from him . Put some neosporin on it .

I don't see any blood either... He is super scared and has been inside his shell for awhile... Apply neosporin to the chipped shell?

 

[leigti]

Just rinse it off with water, dry it, then put some Neosporin on it. And then just leave him alone and let him calm down for a little bit. I'm sorry this happened to your beautiful little tortoise.

 

[tortdad]

The exposed area will turn white (dead bone) and over the course of time new bone will grow under it and pop the dead bone back off. It will never look the same and it's going to take several years do that all to happen.

 

[kathyth]

Agree with above. Your dog did what dogs do. I would just be super careful that it can't happen again.
Good luck!!

 

[The Fish]

Thanks guys!! I white bone is turning a little red now is that normal?

 

[dmmj]

The urine has some blood? I would watvh that it could have an internal injury.. From the pics it doesn't look that bad, but the bloody urine sould be watched.

 

[leigti]

The urine has some blood? I would watvh that it could have an internal injury.. From the pics it doesn't look that bad, but the bloody urine sould be watched.

I don't think there was any mention of blood in the urine.

 

[dmmj]

I don't think there was any mention of blood in the urine.

Nope. I misread it/

 

[dmmj]

Ok, no blood in the urine, but the shell is bleeding a bit, sounds pretty normal, for a dog attack, watch to make sure the bleeding does not intesify, the wound looks ok (relativly)

 

[The Fish]

Ok, no blood in the urine, but the shell is bleeding a bit, sounds pretty normal, for a dog attack, watch to make sure the bleeding does not intesify, the wound looks ok (relativly)

Okay thanks! Will keep an eye on the injury.

 

[Momof4]

How is your tort today?

 

[Yvonne G]

This is a very traumatic experience for a tortoise, and you can expect to see him acting pretty scared for a while.

What you're seeing is similar to you losing a fingernail. It hurts like hell, but it's not life threatening. Keep it clean, keep flies off it (packing on the Neosporin helps in this regard), and leave him alone as much as you can. Wipe off the medicine before you do your daily soak, dry it well and reapply after the soak.

 

[WillTort2]

I think you will have to build a dog proof enclosure for your leopard.