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    My Tortoise has been attacked by a dog!

    Hey, 3 days on its active (and stubborn enough) to take some pictures. I think you'l agree they could have been a lot worse, but still wish it never happened. Heres where the main damage is, to its front legs, the one on the left is worse but it feels more pain in the right, He's very...
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    My Tortoise has been attacked by a dog!

    Thanks for all your support Here's an update Just took him to the vets, they gave me some antibiotics to give him but said there isn't much more I can do apart from what I am doing. She said the red colour on his front legs was good for the time being as it showed a good blood supply there...
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    My Tortoise has been attacked by a dog!

    Thanks guys! Re: emysemys, I live in Essex in England. And this has lead me to notice a problem in my last hour of research, most common drugs/ointments you have in the US are completely different from ours. We have Savalon or Germolene Cream over here is that something I could use as an...
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    My Tortoise has been attacked by a dog!

    Hey, My tortoise was in its summer run outside this evening when a stray dog got into the garden and somehow bite through the mesh on the runs top. We got to the tortoise as soon as possible but the dog had had a good go at gnawing the front of the tortoise which had completely seized up so...
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    Worried about my Russians shell.

    Those are the ones. I read somewhere it could be new shell. The top one is the yellowish colour of new shell, but your the experts.
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    Worried about my Russians shell.

    Hi, I recently, pretty much inherited a Russian tortoise from my aunt. It was close to winter so I overwintered it inside with a UVB lamp in a nice custom made box etc. The problem is its shell which is... well its appalling, it was mauled by a dog once (one of the reasons I insisted on looking...
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