Oh, Turtle laying

[Asharee133]

Well I'm not changing her name and murphey is still alive! Wahoooooo!!!!!!

 

[waruikazi]

Ash she doesn't look too bad to me, if it is just that peice of carapce that has broken off i would expect her to survive. The good thing about a shell is that it will protect all the vital organs from impact such as a being hit by a car, if they aren't going to make it they will generally die almost instantly. I don't have the same hope for the eggs though, stress can bring them on prematurely.

Dab the wound with betadine to prevent infection and get her to a carer.

 

[Asharee133]

We have no betadine as mum is allergic to iodine, I have put Cornflour on it to Ty stop the bleeding

 

[buck]

Good to here!!!!! How are the eggs??

 

[Asharee133]

Only one, not giving much hope as the heatmat is being mean and won't work, tbh I'm more worried about murphy

 

[waruikazi]

We have no betadine as mum is allergic to iodine, I have put Cornflour on it to Ty stop the bleeding

Any kind of antisceptic wound gel should do the trick. Are you going to care for it or are you going to turn it in?

 

[Asharee133]

im gonna care for it if the vet will let me, im becoming a member of wildlife vic tonight, and i talked to a carer yesterday and she said that it should be okay for me to look after it until its shell is healed

 

[kupper]

And the eggs ?

 

[Asharee133]

i dont have very much hope of the egg hatching, i had no idea to make an incubator, wasn't planning to have eggs anytime soon

 

[giggle]

If you get the wildlife carer to go to the vet with you, the appointment should be free (vets have to look after natives) and the vet wont be able to just say lets put it down because you are in charge of it. I know what you mean... I worked for a vet who just 'gave it a go' when it came to anesthetic for a beautiful owl with a suspected broken wing... and ended up killing it. There was a specialist 20mins away that could have taken it, a broken wing isnt an emergency :|

 

[Asharee133]

i know its pretty sad, they are supposed to help all animals and they, frankly, can't be bothered.

 

[waruikazi]

i dont have very much hope of the egg hatching, i had no idea to make an incubator, wasn't planning to have eggs anytime soon

The eggs will hatch a relatively low temp, you should be able to hatch them in a plastic bag with some damp substrate under your bed.

 

[waruikazi]

i know its pretty sad, they are supposed to help all animals and they, frankly, can't be bothered.

It all cost money, clinics generally don't make alot of profit.

 

[Asharee133]

its at about 25c now

 

[waruikazi]

try to get it up to about 27.

 

[Asharee133]

im tryin :/ something isn't working right ._.

 

[Funkstaa]

not that some there's been any bad avice but if you intend on caring for him yourself it might be worth joining up with australianfreshwaterturtles.com it's a forum simular to here but obviously turtle focused there are a few people on there that really know their turtley stuff and could be a great help in the rehab process for you

 

[Asharee133]

thanks funky! gosh, thankyou so much guys, i know shes not out of the woods, but she survived the night. and looks like shes been hit by a car before as she has a bit of shell missing elsewhere

 

[JUNGLEJAGUAR]

oooo nooooo..... poor girl):

 

[Funkstaa]

no worries when I first got my turtles I was on there almost as much as here : p Craig especially knows his stuff he does alot of work releasing mary river turtles he has care sheets for diet etc on there I'm not sure what the go is as it's wild.
I'd say it will need to be dry docked for a while and bedadine is the best for the wound, they are pretty tough and I'm sure it will pull through with your care - keep us posted on how she's going : )