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Hi everyone, As I was examining my marginated tortoise Houdini's plastron this morning after his soak I noticed a black dot beneath the surface of his shell at his left hind leg area. Attaching some pics here for reference. Sorry in advance that the pics came out a bit blurry; I had a hard...

Thank you everyone who has helped out! Truly appreciate your inputs and they are exceptionally useful to a tortoise newbie like me. Still got a lot to learn ;)

Noted. Thanks Tom! The CHE and the thermostat should arrive tomorrow in the mail. Crossing fingers for the tort :)

Will check it out! Thank you :)

Thank you very much!

I'm located in Boston. Will check in with Dr. Charles Innis and see if he recommends anyone in my area. But thanks for the heads up with vet appointment costs. It's sad and it makes my wallet weep, but nothing is more important than getting Houdini back to normal. Sorry if I made a confusion...

I see. Thank you for your input! I'm all new to this, so I don't have a vet to go directly and obtain the drops. Any recommendations around the Massachusetts area? Apart from increasing temps of the enclosure, would extra warm soaks help alleviate the symptoms before I can get him to a vet?

Thanks! Will do. Any recommendations of vets in the MA area

Hi everyone! I just got a 2-month old marginated tortoise last Wednesday and named him (going with him right now but who knows haha) Houdini. This is my first time raising a tortoise so I did all the research I can beforehand. Also read Chris' care sheet on marginated tortoises and that's...