I have a box turtle that has become a pet. I took it off the side of the road on the way home one day when it was little and now its full grown. I feed him out in my backyard in a pen because he makes a mess when he eats. We have a pretty bad problem with fire ants here out in the country and today after I had fed the turtle apparently they attacked the turtle even though he was sitting in a little pan of water. My guess is because he got some of his food on his shell? I took about 5-10 of them off him by drowning them but I dont know how many times they bit him or if theres anything I can do or should do?