Hi. Please forgive the panic nature of this post. I found my dog basically savaging a tortoise about 1 hour ago. I'm really upset as it was only out of my sight for literally 2 minutes.
The tortoise has about 4 punture wounds on the top side, and when I turn it over to expose the underside there is a section of broken shelll down at the tail end about the about 25mm across x 10mm deep, and a bigger section of shell broken at the top end around 50mm x 25mm around where the little fella's right front leg is. Both sections are partially attached by flesh, but there is a fair amount of blood - particularly at the top section. I litterally don't know what to do, as I am in the far south of Bulgaria, and I don't speak the language too well. I have spoken to my vet, but she does not have a clue how to treat it, and simply told me to put it in a dark place.
I'm litterally at a loss. I don't know if i'm causing it pain when i'm handling it, so at the moment, it's in a dark drawer. The bleading appears to have stopped, but now I just don't know what to do.
Can anyone offer me any advice?
Picture - not for the faint hearted
The tortoise has about 4 punture wounds on the top side, and when I turn it over to expose the underside there is a section of broken shelll down at the tail end about the about 25mm across x 10mm deep, and a bigger section of shell broken at the top end around 50mm x 25mm around where the little fella's right front leg is. Both sections are partially attached by flesh, but there is a fair amount of blood - particularly at the top section. I litterally don't know what to do, as I am in the far south of Bulgaria, and I don't speak the language too well. I have spoken to my vet, but she does not have a clue how to treat it, and simply told me to put it in a dark place.
I'm litterally at a loss. I don't know if i'm causing it pain when i'm handling it, so at the moment, it's in a dark drawer. The bleading appears to have stopped, but now I just don't know what to do.
Can anyone offer me any advice?
Picture - not for the faint hearted