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How can you help a turtle who's cracked its shell and is bleeding?
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∙ 12y ago
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1) There isn't much you can do, the shell is PART of its body so if the shell is cracked, you're pretty much screwed.
2) LOOK HERE! : If you want to really help, go to the vet and bring all the broken shell pieces with you AS FAST AS POSSIBLE or the turtle will die. The vet will probably put some medicine and stuff on it and try to bandage it up. After that, it should be find, just don't put it in water yet. Keep it in a nice moist tank with plants and stone.
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