Hello everyone! It’s been four months since last getting a shell health check in and wanted to see if things are improving in the right direction! In that 4 months the only thing that has changed is enclosure that permits for consistent 85%+ humidity at all times. My tort has also grown 1.5-2x...
I apologize for the confusion. There is just the one tortoise. I do have a mix of coir and orchid bark that I am using. Coir is the base and the bark is lying on top. I’ll pause on the manual misting and focus more on allowing the substrate to do the heavy lifting. I really do appreciate the...
Thank you for the feedback! I was fearful of that… I’ll up the misting frequency. I was hesitant as there was a fungal concern on the plastron. I’ll continue to monitor.
Good timezone everyone! It’s been a few months since my last post. My little Hermann’s has been growing steadily and I’ve been enjoying the time with them; I’m extremely grateful. I want to say they’re about 7 months. 45 grams in weight. I was giving them their daily soak and took some pictures...
I believe I've finally got a good few shots. I apologize for the gloves but just got home from work and was making some modifications to the little one’s space! Anything to gauge from these pictures?
As far as how he's acting, he's been about average. He wakes up at around 9:30 in the morning...
Alrighty, Giuseppe had his soak and I attempted to take several photos hoping one at least looks okay. It’s difficult as his head is super tiny! It does look like a piece of food but it is attached to his jaw. It reminds me of a hang nail, if that makes sense?
I've done some reading on the helpful information here on Austwickia as this is a foreign term to me. Luckily this doesn't seem to be the case! I try my best to do full body inspections after soaking the little one before applying the antifungal this last week and have not noticed any yellow...
Hello everyone! Last week I made a post about an issue I spotted on my little one’s plastron. That is healing incredibly nicely and really is no concern of mine. I did notice, however, in one of the little one’s soaks that it looks like their lower jaw had a piece of lettuce stuck to it. I...
Probably the last reply from me on this post but here’s an update! Looking much better already! Just using an antifungal and soaks daily. Thank you all again!
I would love to thank everyone who has helped me thus far with the little one! No vet visit, no betadine soaks. Solely a warm soak and applying anti fungal cream just these last couple of days have already worked wonders! I plan on uploading progress photos tomorrow showing the drastic...
Ah, yes, it is the intense basking bulb, my apologies! Would you recommend a flood in tandem with the basking light? I’ve got some mounted thermometers within the enclosure and ambiently were looking at roughly 80s range Fahrenheit and more around the mid 90s right under the basking light. I...
Thank you both incredibly for the advice and recommendations @Littleredfootbigredheart @wellington ! I did go to a local pharmacy and purchased both an antifungal cream and betadine. I did apply both; however, I only applied to the spot in the underbelly with a cotton swab first with the diluted...