Ohh man I hope she is going to be ok! I have some cork bark floating in the pond for her to get out on. I had tied some fishing line to some weights to keep it in the middle of the pond. Well yesterday evening I went to go look at the pond and noticed my RES was hiding under the corkbark it looked like. BUT in fact the fishing line had made one loop around her front arm waaay up high (not by the nails) I couldnt upwrap it becasue the arm was soo swolen and it was so far up in there. I cut the line and pulled it out. She still uses the arm every now and then but not oftin. Today the swelling looks less and she is able to get more of the warm into the shell. But I am worried that its too late and her arm is going to die and need to be cut off. What do I look for...it turning black??? The color looks to be normial for now but it does have some red like in the pic.
As a matter of fact it could have been way worse. Your turtle could have eaten part of the fishing line
Dont keep any fragile or non secure items in your turtle habitat, everythings needs to be safely glued, tyed,etc