[elainepyle@sbcglobal.net]

I rescued a turtle from a busy road. I think it is all right except that there is a small spot on the very top of its shell that is showing red blood. It is not bleeding heavily, but there is a wound, like an abrasion. I have medicine like lidocaine, and topical antibiotics for treating animals, but I don't know anything about turtles and don't want to do more harm in an attempt to help it. When it is healed I have a friend with a farm I will relocate it to so it won't end up back in the highway. In the meantime, how do I treat it and keep it alive? What do turtles eat? How should I confine it? Right now, it is wandering around my garage, looking for an escape route.