Please help tortoise loss a nail

KnNTiny

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Please help me my Russian tortoise loss her nail. I don't know how it happened, all I know is that when I picked her up u saw that she only had three nails on one hand and four on the other. I don't know what to do. Here is a picImageUploadedByTortoise Forum1407093236.623891.jpg
 

Yvonne G

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There's nothing to do. Just think of what you would do if it was YOUR nail that had fallen off. It hurts like hell right off the bat, but there's really nothing you can do about it.

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She may have gotten stuck in between something, and pulled it out?? Was it bleeding? Before I moved my smaller painted turtle away from all my big silders his nail got torn out (he got bullied for a long time in their old home :( ) and I just had to wait for it to grow back. Took a while. Wet teabags work great for stopping the quick if it's still bleeding :D
 

KnNTiny

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Didn't see any blood. And she seems to be walking around exploring like nothing happen. Scared me though.


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