The lower jaw does look a bit uneven but seems aligned. Trimmed and filed lower jaw. Gave him meloxicam Friday and he did seem more comfortable, stopped pawing at his face and his head is out more. Tried to eat at finely chopped food yesterday but gave up after a few minutes. Gave second dose...
Tortoise of unknown age, from rescue 3 years and came with bad beak (photo 1). Beak was trimmed and crack in side grew out fine. Always ate just fine. Was put outside in his raised bed galvanized enclosure to enjoy the day. Just when to bring him in and saw he was in distress. Head pulled in...
With this large community of animal lovers I thought it was worth asking in this thread. They are wonderful pets and animal ambassadors. This is her and her baby.
Will look over the enclosure again and maybe take out her wood hide but its her favorite. Temp and humidity are good and just upgraded her UV to an Arcadia Pro T5 and she is already more active. Never with Ivan the Terrible Russian as he goes after the 60 lb sulcatta but loves his people.
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I do not like the look of the area on the left side of her head. It is not dirt or food and seems to be getting more involved. Picture 1 shows the dark area the best.
Pebbles came from a reptile rescue so little information except she? was purchased from a reptile expo. Her set up seems to follow the advice give by the wonderful mentors on this forum, eats well, very friendly and appears well adjusted expect this developing area on her head. She is 4" and we...