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Rescued Blanding turtle
Andy took this photo. He found this turtle on the shoulder of 10 Mile. She had been hit by a car and her shell was cracked all over. The turtle was alive and moving her limbs, but would not open her eyes--possibly from dehydration. So Andy put her in Freska Lake. He went back the next day to check on her, and her eyes were still not open (though she was still moving her limbs). Blind turtles are racoon food...and probably cannot get food for themselves. So she spent the night in our garage, and then Andy brought her to Blandford Nature Center in GRR, where they have a reptile recovery program. They use epoxy to fix the broken shell after flushing it with saline, and there is a special turtle eyewash that they use, which will hopefully help her open her eyes again. They also said they'd seen turtles in worse condition that had survived, and if she does well, we can return her to Lake Freska.
Rescued Blanding turtle
Andy took this photo. He found this turtle on the shoulder of 10 Mile. She had been hit by a car and her shell was cracked all over. The turtle was alive and moving her limbs, but would not open her eyes--possibly from dehydration. So Andy put her in Freska Lake. He went back the next day to check on her, and her eyes were still not open (though she was still moving her limbs). Blind turtles are racoon food...and probably cannot get food for themselves. So she spent the night in our garage, and then Andy brought her to Blandford Nature Center in GRR, where they have a reptile recovery program. They use epoxy to fix the broken shell after flushing it with saline, and there is a special turtle eyewash that they use, which will hopefully help her open her eyes again. They also said they'd seen turtles in worse condition that had survived, and if she does well, we can return her to Lake Freska.