Yeah, just the extremity of the limb is damaged. But it will surely have a hard time swimming, and its limbs will bleed for a bit, right? Will it be happy or would it rather die? I don't know if turtles can make decisions like these... it's still eating fine but I don't want to see it suffer.
Hi, my sister had a baby red ear slider (3 inches shell) and hadn't been taking care of it properly. It wasn't eating anything and was extremely lethargic, so I took it from her. It's now in a 10 gallon tank, heated to around 75 degrees F, and with a large basking stone that the turtle goes on...