I put LJ in his bureau yesterday, after he has been in my home for a week stabilizing from his experience with my next door neighbor. I'm a bit concerned today as he walked into his Borough but has not been out all day and his food dish and water dish are untouched. Is this normal behavior?
Yes when I adopted him, I had the tortoise group microchip him. I will try the coconut oil and I did try to wash the mark off, but I believe it's a permanent marker and it'll just take time to wear off. I will put the coconut oil on the white spots as well as the black mark. Thank you very much...
My tortoise has a microchip. I removed my tortoise from my neighbor's yard I had the chip scanned it is registered to the tortoise group of Southern Nevada and I am the registered caretaker. This is my tortoise.
In addition, I believe the color change is due to being in the hot sun all day...
Thank you. I feel better. I was concerned if shell rot, and I do not know what black spot on top of shell is. I did was him twice with dawn soap and was thinking of putting coconut oil in the white spots and black spot. What do you think?
Here are pictures of my tortoise for some reason the site wasn't allow me to attach to the above message. Thank you any assistance or comments are appreciated
I'm going to answer both of you in the same message. First my concern is the white on his back end. Second, is the dark spot up towards his neck. Third, the color of his shell seems to be darker. I have attached a picture from April of 2022 which shows his shell was a different color and there...
Someone take a look at my tortoises shell and let me know if he is okay. My desert tortoise got out of my backyard and was gone for a week and a half maybe two. I found him locked in one of my neighbors backyard that has nothing but concrete and there was no girl for him. In addition the...