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    Cross post, Salcata Tortoises needing new home heartbroken.

    I'm thinking I'll be able to have a setup where I'm going. I'm just still playing it by ear. Having Big Boy a 40 pound tortoise and Little Man requires a bit of preparation when moving. I appreciate everyones kind words and consideration to my situation. I'm happy as long as I can keep them...
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    Cross post, Salcata Tortoises needing new home heartbroken.

    Thanks for the kind words. He/she is definitely a fighter, never once have I seen anything that would indicate health issues besides what are visible.
  3. J

    Cross post, Salcata Tortoises needing new home heartbroken.

    They're salcata and I'm not really in a position to ship I'm sorry.
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    Cross post, Salcata Tortoises needing new home heartbroken.

    Little Man is suchba happy tortoise, always alert, runs towards food and loves his pond. It breaks my heart.
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    Cross post, Salcata Tortoises needing new home heartbroken.

    I've been in a verbally and emotionally abusive relationship for a long time and I need to move out for my own sanity. I have to move quickly and idk if I can safely take them and house them where I'm going. This is terrible I never meant to has this happen. These are my tortoise kids. Is there...
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    Ugh what next, need help tortoise family.

    It's 100+ degrees here in AZ and the heaters haven't been on since April. We've had more rain than normal and burrows were flooded and their enclosure was holding 80+ % humidity. I'm trying to figure out what to do or how much to worry. I don't want shell rot or fungus. The heaters are usually...
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    Ugh what next, need help tortoise family.

    No definitely not it's just the material that's naturally between the scutes, cartilage or whatever it is sorry I'm not sure the term.
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    Ugh what next, need help tortoise family.

    Some pictures of the areas on the tortoise and the enclosure. There a lot of wiring on the top for the winter heating please don't mind that. Setup inside I have 2 ceramic heaters that control the heat plus a night time heat lamp . In the winter during the day the heaters are usually off because...
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    Ugh what next, need help tortoise family.

    Yeah I know about them being together, it's in the future of their pen. I'm in AZ and it's beyond hot and humid lately so I need to wait another month or two before I start working on that. Like I said I have a camera and I monitor their behavior. They have separate burrows and rarely if ever...
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    Ugh what next, need help tortoise family.

    Yes they're in the same pen and share the same general enclosure. I'm going to have to wait until later or tomorrow to get better pictures. They've retreated into their separate burrows for now and won't be back out until evening. The pen is looking a bit rough I apologize with the rain and heat...
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    Ugh what next, need help tortoise family.

    OK I've gotten a lot of great info from everyone but right now I'm feeling like a terrible Tortoise dad. In the last 2 months we have gotten at least 2 to 3 times the rain we normally get and it's wrecked havoc on my tortoises enclosure and burrows. Twice in the 2 months we've had standing water...
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    Salcata bleeding between sections of the carapace

    Thanks for all the replies everyone, I guess Ive never thought about them having issues with each other. They're siblings and the small one. ( much smaller has deformities with its shell.) I got them when they were small and they've always lived in the same area, maybe I was naive with that...
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    Salcata bleeding between sections of the carapace

    I have 2 and they're definitely not fighting, the one with the issues is about 3 times the size of the other. At this point they normally stay quiet far from each other and have separate tunnels one large and one small ( based on their size). I'm not even sure it's possible for the smaller one...
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    Salcata bleeding between sections of the carapace

    I noticed this about a week ago and have been periodically putting iodine and bacitracin ointment on it. I'm not sure how much I should worry or what else I should do. I'm in AZ and it's HOT this time of year. Could it be lack of moisture? Doesn't look like anything got ahold of it. They live...
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    Fungus / Dry rot? Need some help please.

    I've been providing what I hope is a bit more humidity and just made a cement soaking pond for him but I'm still worried about this spot. I just took this picture 10 minutes ago, is there anything else someone might suggest for additional shell health in such a dry hot climate. Do you see any...
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    Fungus / Dry rot? Need some help please.

    Mountain biking actually ? Seems like I have some work to do on my setup. Thanks for all the info Tom I really appreciate it.
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    Fungus / Dry rot? Need some help please.

    He has a buried box with lid thats covered and insulated from the sun. ( think buried dog house). It has dirt in the bottom that he digs around in but he's contained in the box once he goes in. I'm not sure thay makes sense. He does not have an additional humid retreat. He does have a small...
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    Fungus / Dry rot? Need some help please.

    Thanks for the super quick response. I'll definitely lay off the iodine and yes it does sort of look like trauma, it is depressed like a scratch. My mind is reeling what could be causing it. At one point he could get close to my AC units and he would wedge himself under the conduit but I've...
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    Fungus / Dry rot? Need some help please.

    My tortoise is about 4 years old and up until 6 months ago I hadn't really had any issues. First 3 yrs were pretty much spent indoors under mercury vapor bulbs with the occasional summer outside with sun and shade available. I live in AZ and it seemed like this summer was the right time to get...
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