my dog found a gofer turtle on my property ,,nice size one I guess hes pretty old ,,,he has a few crack on his back were his shell has broken in ,,,ants were eating him up pretty bad ,,,so I took a hose and cleaned out the ants from the cracks ,,,were I live you are not supposed to touch these turtles ,,,but I did,,cant call animal services as I was not to touch the turtle,,, anyone of something I can appy to his shell to keep the ants from killing him ,,,thanks,,, ssbw