Yes, good info, the vet said to soak him daily, which we will be doing. We will def be following all the vets instrucitons. We are going to make sure he gets better.
Thanks everyone. Ya, the dog is the most likely suspect. Pretty sure she did it. Morty was in an elevated habitat that was netted off, which we thought would protect him. Its sad that we were wrong. the next habitiat will be fully rigid with an electric fence around it. It will be bullet proof...
Ya it's really sad. I'm thinking the dog thought it was a bone - the shell is essentially a bone, and from the damage it looks like it was chewed on. So sad. We love all our animals and it's sad thinking they could hurt each other. But yes, lesson learned, they are not to be trusted alone, or in...
just talked to the Vet. he is going to need shots daily, topical cream and oral pain killers. Infection is a huge issue as the damage to the shell was extensive. Pretty sad. After considering all the facts, i think it was one of our own dogs that did it before i got home. I left the 2 dogs in...
No, i really don't think it was a neighbors dog. our fences our pretty tight, so our dogs don't get out. We live about a mile from the beach on the central coast of CA. I think there are coyotes in the hills, maybe foxes. It would be extremely brave of a fox or coyote to get into our backyard in...
Thanks for the input. i'm glad his shell will heal. that's really the only physcial damage so far as i can tell. He was in shock for sure, but this morning he was out and about. i'll update after the vet.
Hello all. Here's the scoop. http://imgur.com/a/o37hF
We have a pet tortoise (i thought he was an African desert, but not 100% sure, need to ask my wife). He's about 1.5 years old or so.
We have an elevated garden bed / habitat that we put him in occasionally outside. It has a mesh netting for...