Recent content by zovick

My response is pretty much the same. The OP in post #33 gave even less info about their tortoise than the person who started this thread 27 months ago. Get an X-ray taken, post pix of the animal, etc.

@juanr0730 With the information provided currently, I have no ideas as to what to do. I would recommend getting a new X-ray taken of the tortoise as well as posting some pix of the animal itself so we can see what it looks like.

Looking healthy and happy! Nice work. Congrats.

It doesn't look like shell rot. That is a problem which affects the plastron (bottom shell) and rarely, if ever, would occur on the carapace (upper shell). Try rubbing the area with a cotton swab dipped in warm vinegar. If it is a mineral deposit from hard water, that should remove it.

If it were me, I would remove all the skin which bulging out over the ear so that area could drain. I would circumscribe the entire bulge where it meets the head with a #15 or #12 scalpel blade and take the skin right off. If it can't drain freely, it won't get better.

These look like fire ants which very nasty. If you touch their mounds, you will be swarmed and have multiple bites within a few seconds. Did you notice an ant mound anywhere near your tortoise? And where do you live? Fire ants are not found in some areas, so I could be mistaken on the type of...

I saw that article and think that it was a very good idea. It seems as though the use of the tortoises in the Sahara Desert was a great success. One of my friends lives in Hawaii and he told me a couple of years ago that sulcatas were being released into some part of Hawaii to eat the invasive...

Congrats and good luck with all of your females plus the eggs and babies.

15 grams does not seem to me as though it is enough of a weight loss to account for a clutch of eggs. Some females will sometimes dig nests but don't actually have any eggs to lay. The eggs (if she actually has any) are most likely still in the turtle. I would keep watching her over the next few...

It just looks dry to me. Try applying some vaseline or mineral oil to it daily to lubricate it and it should go away in a week or ten days.

Chris says the Mt. Etna are the smallest race on Sicily.

Well, that is good. Apparently then, you have no need to continue to worry about the turtle. Good luck with it.

If it happened a year ago, how is the turtle now? If it is still living, then I would say there is no need for any concern a full year after the event. Or has it been happening off and on for the whole year? If so, and the turtle is still alive, I don't think there is any problem.

That is strange. Your first post in this thread with the photo of the white matter is dated May 21st of 2026. How would anyone know it happened in 2025? And I don't have any idea what you mean by saying I asked the same question before.

مگر هفته‌ی پیش در مورد این موضوع صحبت نکردیم؟ چرا دوباره آن را مطرح می‌کنی؟ magar npaftehye pish dar moord in mozo sahbat nakardim? chara dobareh an ra motrh mikony?