{"id":8085,"date":"2020-12-03T06:05:46","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T06:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/?p=8085"},"modified":"2020-12-01T16:47:34","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T16:47:34","slug":"myrtle-the-box-turtle-overcomes-car-injuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/myrtle-the-box-turtle-overcomes-car-injuries\/","title":{"rendered":"Myrtle The Box Turtle Overcomes Car Injuries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-8087\" src=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/box-turtle-shell-injury-tamarack-wildlife-center-202012-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"box turtle with repairs to shell\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/box-turtle-shell-injury-tamarack-wildlife-center-202012-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/box-turtle-shell-injury-tamarack-wildlife-center-202012-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/box-turtle-shell-injury-tamarack-wildlife-center-202012-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/box-turtle-shell-injury-tamarack-wildlife-center-202012-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/box-turtle-shell-injury-tamarack-wildlife-center-202012.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-8091\" src=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/box-turtle-walking-tamarack-wildlife-center-202012-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"box turtle walking on grass\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/box-turtle-walking-tamarack-wildlife-center-202012-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/box-turtle-walking-tamarack-wildlife-center-202012-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/box-turtle-walking-tamarack-wildlife-center-202012-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/box-turtle-walking-tamarack-wildlife-center-202012-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/box-turtle-walking-tamarack-wildlife-center-202012.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The following story was shared with us by the <a href=\"https:\/\/tamarackwildlife.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tamarack Wildlife Center<\/a> in Pennsylvania.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Myrtle came to Tamarack Wildlife Center on July 1, 2018, with internal injuries and a fractured carapace due to a roadway accident. Because of the severity of her injuries, she initially retreated into her shell and would not eat.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, we were able to feed <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/emeraid-herbivore\/\">EmerAid Intensive Care Herbivore<\/a> with a syringe to maintain her nutrition. With time and treatment, she began self-feeding several weeks later, and literally came out of her shell with personality.<\/p>\n<p>Box Turtles are very <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boxturtles.com\/box-turtle-conservation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">territorial<\/a> and need to be released to the exact location where they were found. Because Myrtle was dropped off anonymously, we are unable to release her but Myrtle has regained full health and is now a beloved educational ambassador for our center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Box turtle suffers fractured carapace after roadway accident and retreats into her shell, but Tamarack Wildlife Center successfully rehabs her with help from EmerAid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":8087,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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