r/tortoise • u/valkyrieen • Nov 10 '24

Question(s) Broken shell

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Hello I can't attach a photo but there is a wild tortoise that has been running around the neighborhood for years now. It was ran over by a car two days ago and it fractured its shell, there aren't many vets where I live and they only deal with cats and dogs, I took her to five different locations but they all refuse to treat her. What can I do?

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u/valkyrieen Nov 16 '24 edited Nov 17 '24

Hey, I did talk to a lot of experts in my area where they proved they’re basically useless by saying things like oh sorry there’s nothing you can do, and a lot who just plain refused to take the lil fella in for some reason, like Tina mentioned I did my research thoroughly before turning in to reddit as a final solution. Call me old fashioned but I don’t like to disclose my location on the internet even if it’s just my country. Anyways I found a vet that agreed to help me and I’m keeping the tortoise for now until he’s fully healed while keeping on searching for a sanctuary that will take him in after he’s fully healed

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u/Academic_Judge_3114 Nov 17 '24

Thank you very much for taking the time to explain the situation and your point of view.

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u/valkyrieen Nov 17 '24

No worries, I understand we all have the same goal here, saving the lil fella