Hello,

With the proper care and time the turtle can be rehabilitated. The mandibile may calous to form a situation where the eating will not be as challanging. The worst part is if the carapce or plastron are damaged since the chance of infection is very great in that situation. The diet will make a big difference in the rehabing of this turtle. The diet can be pureed until he can get the problems with the mandible straightened out. About half of their diet should be made up of vegetables, fruit, and most important hay and grasses. The remainder should be made up of low fat protein sources; whole live foods are ideal earthworms, slugs, snails, superworms (since there is less chitin,) crickets, silk worms and goliath worms, but cooked lean meats can also be added as a supplement. make sure to add a lot of plain calciuym powder to the diet to help with the prevention on MBD. You will also need to use a UVB light if he is housed inside. There are herp Vets that may even try to rebuild the Mandible. Thank-you for trying to give this wonderful creature a new lease on life. Joan

http://members.aol.com/TheWyvernsLair/turtles/CSN-2.html this is also about a turtle with an injured mandible