carapace

Hey everyone, Today my tortoise (a Hermann’s tortoise) had a little accident and fell while roaming in the garden. She ended up with a small superficial wound on the underside of her shell (plastron). It looks like just the outer layer chipped off — there’s a small exposed patch that's...

I am planning on adopting this little guy in a couple weeks and am wondering if his shell shows any reason for concern. I’ve just never seen scutes overlap like that. When I asked the breeder about them, he said it’s normal growth coming in. But of course I wanted to be thorough and confirm with...

We feel grateful for this humidity in Florida. Expected heavy rain in our area the next week, praying for the areas will be affected for this new hurricane. Noticing new growth on our baby!!!Do you see it? How is the weather on your location? How affect the way you take care of your tort...

Hello! I just want to know from all of you, what do you think about Lego”s provenance region. I see a red face, don't know much about head shapes. Regular carapace and yellow plastron. Is that typical for specific region? I feel is more like a hybrid, but want to know from all what do you...

The growing process is from the junction of the scutes, or from the inside and add growth the ring? Anyone can share how this occurs? Detail of Lego’s carapace.

Hello, Looking for someone who has some knowledge or experience on something we are seeing on our Sulcata. We noticed tonight that there are two spots on its back that appear to almost be cracks between the scutes. A corner of one is lifted and then there is what looks like a crack between two...

Hi everyone, I just noticed while soaking Whiplash, a male Hermann's, that in between his scutes on his carapace it is orange. I have noticed a lot of growth with him since we got him from Petsmart. (I know that's a bad idea, but we had the habitat all set up and were looking for a breeder and...

Hello! My Russian tortoise is a wild caught, I got her from PetSmart two years ago, and she is somewhere between 5 and 10 years old as well as we can tell. She is active and has a good appetite. When I first got her, she had some she'll damage that has been very slowly healing. She has also...

I’ve had three RFs hatch out in the last couple of days. The third one hatched out yesterday morning. The yolk sac was so big he would tip over onto his face. ? I know this is normal. I had him on damp paper towel with damp paper towel loosely over him with a breathable cover. I noticed last...

Hello, I have a twelve years old greek tortoise and a few weeks ago I started noticing that there were light spots appearing on his shell, and as time passes, more are appearing. Our veterinarian said those are air bubbles that we should scrape off and treat the shell underneath with potassium...