Update: I took her to the vet today (finally was able to find a tortoise vet) and he said it was definitely a burn. I’m taking her back next week he will remove the loose and dead scoots and apply some kind of epoxy to protect her while the new shell grows, he said likely 6 months. They are...
She is in the house all the time and she has a professional enclosure and a Hyde. I was just trying to make her cozy, I didn’t know they would not move away from heat or that they could get burned. It’s terrible. But I am glad I know what might be going on. I wouldn’t have kniwn
If that’s true then this must be what happened. So sad I thought I was making her more cozy. I can get rid of that right away. Will the scutes grow back? I have been applying a topical cream and i ordered some athletes cream someone on one of the blogs recommended.
No she is never around any animals she is indoors in an enclosure. I take her outside for walks but I’m always right there with her. It couldn’t be an animal. My home is very clean, no rats or mice or anything like that. She has a uvb bulb, and I had a ceramic bulb but I thought the pet warmer...
And I have her in a dry enclosure, I took the water out because people said you have to dry out the bacteria. There was some dark gunk on the side of the remaining scute (next to the one missing) that I scrubbed with a toothbrush. I have given her baths 3 or more times a week since I got her for...
Yes when it’s cold I’ve been heating a microwave pet warmer and wrapping it in a thick layer of fabric and putting in his Hyde. It’s summer so i haven’t heated it in a while but I did last night because it was cold
I was giving my 3 yr old redfoot a bath and I noticed one of her plastron scutes had fallen off. I was kind of horrified by that but after a lot of research I started immediately treating her with Beta iodine and a topical skin cream. I also used Chlorhexidine diluted to clean the area scrubbing...