With all of our recent turtle patients, we have different injuries for each of them that we may be treating. Shell repairs can be done in a variety of methods, and this #TechTalkTuesday shows one of our more simpler methods. #ECWR #ECwildliferefuge #EmeraldCoastWildlifeRefuge | Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge

Another little eastern long-necked turtle has come through the hospital after a member of the public found it on the road with a fairly significant chunk of its shell snapped clean off over the back left leg. It had been run over hard enough that a bit of fatty tissue had been pushed out too — the vets gave me the go-ahead to remove that, and thankfully it cleaned up well. We actually kept this turtle in for the first two days without doing any treatment, just monitoring it closely to make sure