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about the health of my tortoise

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Question
tortoise shell
tortoise shell  
hi iam sasikiran.actualy my tortoise got sick it's shell was broken in to small pieces.they are in white colour it is not taking any food.most of the time it spends time in water.but noe it is foating on the water like a dead one kindly help me how to trat my pet.please give reply as soon as possibe.iam attaching the picture of it.please see this picture so that u can get some idea.and tell me the medicines to treat it we donot have any vet in my town.so please pescribe some medicines.

Answer
Hi Sasi,

I'm sorry, I'm not a vet and can't prescribe medication, nor can I give you specific medication recommendations or dosages.  I'm not even certain what species your turtle or tortoise is, but it looks in very bad shape, and if there's a bad smell it's either dead already or seriously infected/gangrenous.  I'm afraid that if you don't have access to a reptile vet there is probably nothing you can do at this point.

Before you get another tortoise or turtle, be absolutely sure you know the species and how to take care of it correctly.  There's a lot of care information online, or you can post back and let me know what species you're interested in and I can help you with care links.  Please don't rely on information from the pet shop, because their advice usually isn't very good--I've heard from many people in India who were given terrible care information from pet shops.  I'm sorry about your pet.