please help (injury)

[jhongsen]

please help , my indian star got hurt

I found him this morning with this state , overall the injury :
- right front foot and left back foot has been severely injured, he still could move it but hardly to support his body to walk
- left front foot lost 1 claw , some scale and the skin still white
- right front foot lost 2 claw , some scale and the skin turn black (probably because coco coir that I used)
- left back foot lost 1 claw and few scale
- right back foot lost few scale
- his appetite seems low (still not eating)
- got scratch near his cranial head
below is the pic:

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what should I do to him?
I'm totally confused what to do

 

[Vickie]

RE: please help

Oh poor baby! Maybe I would ask a vet if he has some antibiotic cream for the cuts? Especially being a turtle their bed is also their toilet even if you do clean it a lot there still might be traces in it that I am sure would be good if his cuts came into contact with it.

 

[jhongsen]

RE: please help

so giving some antibiotic cream and move him out from his enclosure? thx i'll do it now

 

[tortoise007]

RE: please help

I would give him nice warm soaks once or twice a day, and plenty of places to hide and just feel cozy. being hurt and possibly in pain is very stressful for a tort, and lots of places to hide and get out of the world make them feel better.
How did this happen??? My personal favorite for places to hide is a little forest of fake plants.

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so giving some antibiotic cream and move him out from his enclosure? thx i'll do it now

I would do the antibiotic cream... but I don't think moving him from his enclosure would be a good idea, just because he is already probably pretty stressed out, and i don't think moving him to a new enclosure would make him feel any better... I actually think it would make him even more stressed.

 

[jhongsen]

RE: please help

I give him some povidone iodine , that's what I got at home right now.. hope he recover soon

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I would give him nice warm soaks once or twice a day, and plenty of places to hide and just feel cozy. being hurt and possibly in pain is very stressful for a tort, and lots of places to hide and get out of the world make them feel better.
How did this happen??? My personal favorite for places to hide is a little forest of fake plants.

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I would do the antibiotic cream... but I don't think moving him from his enclosure would be a good idea, just because he is already probably pretty stressed out, and i don't think moving him to a new enclosure would make him feel any better... I actually think it would make him even more stressed.

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uhmmm I also don't know how did this happen my best guess is because the log that I set inside his enclosure , yesterday he is fine as usual but this morning ugh breaking my heart ,

I'm going to search an antibiotic cream hope I will find one and I still let him inside his enclosure but I arrange the set up a bit

does antibiotic for human will do the trick?

 

[shanu303]

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but how did he get hurt so severely by a log??? was he rubbing against it ?? it seems very unusual to loose claw and scale in such quantity.... i also suggest you go with the antibiotics..... cleans the wounds and apply the antibiotic cream and keep up the daily soaks......

 

[Yvonne G]

RE: please help

My guess would be a rat got to him.

 

[jhongsen]

RE: please help

but how did he get hurt so severely by a log??? was he rubbing against it ?? it seems very unusual to loose claw and scale in such quantity.... i also suggest you go with the antibiotics..... cleans the wounds and apply the antibiotic cream and keep up the daily soaks......

well the log posses some sharp edge but I already cover it by buried the sharp edge to the bottom but what else could it be? , I already put some antibiotic cream and yes I always give daily soaks.. , now I put him in a smaller enclosure put few greens , water dish and newspaper for the substrate to make sure the wound not get dirty, thx for the advice

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My guess would be a rat got to him.

I did thought it was rat who did this but meter enclosure are quite high and I put wire on top to prevent rat.. and beside if the culprit is really rat.. how could it escape from the enclosure?

 

[jhongsen]

update meter conditions
now meter starting to eat his meal, the wounds are slowly recover
i'll post the photo later on.

 

[ascott]

My guess would be a rat got to him.

This was the first thing that came to mind also....is his enclosure outdoors?

The way a rat would get out is the same way it got in....

 

[jhongsen]

My guess would be a rat got to him.

This was the first thing that came to mind also....is his enclosure outdoors?

The way a rat would get out is the same way it got in....

yes after several inspection I figure out it was a rat who did this, my enclosure is indoor, I only attach a wire on top to prevent rat but it looks like it doesn't work so i'm going to make a blockade on top

 

[tiff3grl]

Shoot.....well atleast you know the culprit now. Did you actually see the rat?

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[kjr153]

Aww poor baby. Looks like it's time for a cat

 

[jhongsen]

Shoot.....well atleast you know the culprit now. Did you actually see the rat?

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nope I never see the rat until now , and that's what makes me become more angry

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Aww poor baby. Looks like it's time for a cat

LOL I'll try one if I got my interest in cat someday

 

[luvpetz27]

I hope he gets better soon!! Poor thing

 

[jhongsen]

new update due to his enclosure and wound

this is his wound.. , I think the wound already dried

and due to some economic problem in my wallet so i set up the enclosure like below:

 

[jhongsen]

after intense care to his wound.. , now meter become much more better than before

here's some picture

in this picture , i notice that some skin on the leg become white