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    Help Diagnosing my tortoises shell issue

    Sweet thank you! I have cold pressed coconut oil I can apply so I’ll try this in the morning after she gets soaked
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    Help Diagnosing my tortoises shell issue

    There’s lifting on the scutes on the side of her shell in the pics it’s clearer in the pictures of her in the clear tub I’m in Southern California The tortoise is living in the backyard she roams the grass as well the plantern we have. We do have a night house with a heated pad but we don’t...
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    Help Diagnosing my tortoises shell issue

    Thank you! She is definitely doing much better now then she was when we first found her
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    Help Diagnosing my tortoises shell issue

    I’ll definitely look into the E caps thank you 🙏🏼 I’ve done the same with burns for myself
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    Help Diagnosing my tortoises shell issue

    That’s exactly what happened she tucked in and it’s her front legs that took the damage. And it’s ironic that it’s only her side scutes that seem to be lifting away and not the top it seems to be just on the edge which to your point could be the fact of her covering up from the fire. As far as...
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    Help Diagnosing my tortoises shell issue

    It’s very possible but when I took her to the vet she only said her front legs were clearly burnt and that’s where we targeted the ointment treatment. But to answer clearly I don’t believe so it didn’t look like that when I first took her in
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    Help Diagnosing my tortoises shell issue

    Hello so about a year ago we rescued a Sulcata tortoise from a fire. We got them ointment and multiple nasal drips and medication from the vet and it’s been a journey to say the least since then. It’s obvious the previous owners did not take much care of them she was living in a patio. Her...
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