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So the bruise will heal naturally?? It has been a bit too cold over the past few months to put him outside as temperatures in England aren’t great from September through to April time. It’s also very wet outside! He has a UVB lamp on every day to replicate the sun. Would you suggest taking...

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Thank you. Yeah that’s the only place there is red. There is no red on the plastron. It would make sense that is a bruise as the wooden divide could have given him a knock there when he climbed under it? He is a very active and hungry tortoise, if it was sepsis he would be withdrawn and lathargic?

Ok thanks, will wait and see if someone else can leave a second opinion!

Well today he managed to get under the wooden parting in his enclosure by pushing it up (first time he’s done that). On the other side are some smaller Russians. So if it is a bruise, will this heal naturally? Is it anything to worry about?

Today I have noticed that my 4 year old Russian tortoise Darwin has a slight red colouring under his middle scute at the front of his shell. I have uploaded two pictures, on the second middle scute from the front there is a small red colouring. Is this anything to worry about? I’m not sure what...