And just like you can't take a skeleton out of a person, right, you can't take a turtle out of its shell either. But if you could, you'd probably be surprised by what you'd discover. Maria ...

Wound care, specifically maintaining the turtle out of its usual water environment, is one of the biggest problems with managing shell wounds in aquatic and semi-aquatic turtles because aquatic ...

The shell is also part of a turtle’s skeleton ... The South American river turtle is even known to call out to its hatchlings.

In a previous column, the author discussed the overall management of turtle shell injuries. This column continues by describing basic techniques for repairing and stabilizing fractured turtle shells.