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    Hard red dot on russian tortoise shell?

    I ended up taking her to the vet anyways just to be safe, and she was totally fine! It was something that got into her shell from burrowing outside. They gave her a check up and she seemed just fine otherwise, she just had some puffy eyes. I have eyedrops for her now and will be doing better in...
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    Hard red dot on russian tortoise shell?

    Thank you! I will be reading over these!
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    Hard red dot on russian tortoise shell?

    Some additional photos. Any strange blue/green lines on the top of the shell are from my sister drawing on it with a sharpie while I was out of town once and I haven't been successful in cleaning it off entirely. 🥲
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    Hard red dot on russian tortoise shell?

    Thank you, I'll give the soak a shot! It's possible that something could've poked him outside. The enclosure is small because of a lack of space inside, so I have a large area set up outside for it to roam inside of. I currently use lamps at night since we're located in Arizona and it gets...
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    Hard red dot on russian tortoise shell?

    Hello! I've had this tortoise for a long time but I still just know an embarassingly small amount about it. This red dot appeared yesterday and it's hard to the touch. Tortoise seems to be behaving normal and there's no other dots that I've seen or any soft spots on the shell. Should I be...
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