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Thank you all for the advice! I’m almost certain that it is a mechanical abrasion. I had a large piece of slate in the enclosure that i propped up as a hide but my small tortoise likes to nock down and dig under it. I would often find both of them under the hide and Philip(the affected one) is...

Yes it was septicemia. That was about 3 years before i got either of them. They dont have any lights because they live outside but i do live in Florida where it gets pretty hot. I do have lots of shady areas for them though. Im thinking it could be scraping from the slate hide i had in their...

I think he might be a marginated tortoise (testudo marginata) but i could be wrong

I recently moved my two young redfoots outside and when i went to give them a bath today I noticed something on the top of Philip(my older redfoot)’s shell. The last time i noticed something on one of my tortoises shells they had a rare blood disease and died so I’m a little nervous

Update: we were able to get him to a vet on sunday. They said he had a resperatory infection andhe has apperently had since we for him. He gave nugget two shots and that helped him a little but he still will not eat I soak him twice a day and put vegetable baby food in the soaking water. The...

I live in Hobe Sound Florida. It is about 30 minutes away from Jupiter Florida.

I am looking for an exotic vet but there doesn't seem to be any near me. If I can't find a vet or i can't afford the vet bills I will have to rehome him to someone who can. Which sucks because he is my favorite animal out of all of the ones I have ever owned. It has been a rough day so thank...

His eyes match up with the rest of his head. They arent sticking out but they arent too far in either.

Update: I took him to a guy nearby and he said that nugget (my tortoise) was dehydrated. He gave me aquatic turtle diet and said that it would help. When I asked him about the red spot he said that it was normal. I'm a little skeptical about this because the expert I contacted even said it could...

Nope he lives all alone. I try to keep him away from all of my other animals because I have heard that they get sick easily. There is a huge storm where I live right now (I live in South Florida) but I am going to contact a vet as soon as possible. I have also emailed Kamp Kenan. He owns a...

Thank you all so much for all of the information and advice. I havent dropped him and there isnt anything heavy enough to hurt him in his enclosure so im guessing its septicemia. Does anybody know how this is caused and what it does? I have only heard of MBD for tortoises so this is all...

So i went to check on my baby leopard toroise earlier this morning and give him a soak. But then i noticed he had a red spot on the back of his shell. I have no idea what this is and i have never seen it before. If anybody could help that would be great.

I do all of those things but I havent given him mazuri in a while because he would never eat it or anything it was on. Thankyou and i will try the mazuri again.

Hi there! A little over 5 months ago i bought a (pardalis babcocki) leopard tortoise from underground reptiles. They said he would be about 3 inches but he was barely an inch when i recieved him. But now im starting to get worried because he is almost half a year old and is only maybe 3 inches...

Honesty he doesnt eat very much.

Here is a picture of my baby leop nugget assaulting a lettuce treat

My tortoise isnt that big yet but i have looked at a few other exaples and some of them also have more of a flat front. Nothing looks wrong with him to me

I honestly don't see anything wrong with its shell. I would suggest you put sometginh up so it can't see out though, glass stresses them out. May I ask how old he/she is?

Hi there! A little over 5 months ago i purchased a (pardalis babcocki) leopard tortoise from underground reptiles. They said he would be about 3 inches but he was barely an inch when i recieved him. I put that aside thinking that he was just a small baby. But now im starting to get worried...

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