Turtle health — traumatic carapace fracture repaired with zip ties
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*[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* A traumatic shell (carapace) fracture in a turtle can be repaired with zip ties: the tie bases are glued to each side of the break with baking soda and cyanoacrylate, then a tie is run through both bases across the fracture and through the second tie to hold the edges together.