Identify?

[GPStyne]

Maimed Tortoise Rescue

While we were out of town our dog caught and maimed a hermanns tortoise. Thankfully no punctures found, several gnawing wounds to edges of carapace which were rinsed with saline.

Multiple posts in various social media and pet finders have come up empty which led me to believe he possibly was sadly released into the wild.

I was wondering if anyone would be able to help identify western versus eastern

•The underneath/plastron isn’t a full running solid bands of black

•does appear to have the keyhole marking

•lacks the yellow cheek markings




I’m still reading and working on better substrate and a suitable habitat

Open to suggestions of any of the above issues

Thank you for your time

 

[GPStyne]

I think it’s eastern but hoping someone could finalize that for me.

 

[wellington]

@HermanniChris can positive ID

 

[Ink]

It's a male. I would keep the wound clean and put Neosporin on it. However I am not an expert. @Yvonne G should be able to help you. Welcome to the forum.

 

[GPStyne]

It's a male. I would keep the wound clean and put Neosporin on it. However I am not an expert. @Yvonne G should be able to help you. Welcome to the forum.

Thank you, excited to be here

 

[Littleredfootbigredheart]

Oh goodness bless you for taking them in!!
Welcome to the forum! I’m so glad this has been your first port of call! It’s a wonderful community with the most up to date care advice❤️
If no one comes forward and you’re willing to keep this cutie! Perhaps you’ll find this thread useful for the housing side of things and there’s a bit about diet at the end, you want to avoid fruits for these guys🙂

Housing adult Russian and Hermans indoors

Hello there! In this thread I’m going to include some information an example of an appropriate indoor set up for an older Herman/russian. As much as it’s encouraged to have tortoises in a safe outdoor enclosure, I understand being from the uk myself, that some climates make it difficult to...

tortoiseforum.org

Keep that wound nice and clean, Yvonne can help there.
Wishing them a speedy recovery!!🐢💚