fungal infection

Hello everyone! I’m the proud owner of a new baby Hermann named Giuseppe(a). I’m not entirely sure of an exact age but I know their shell is about an inch and a half to two inches in length and that they’re more than likely very young. Tortoise husbandry is a completely new venture for me but...

hi, i was feeding my sulcata tortoises when i saw these weird looking ring stuff on their plastron? im really really concerned as i have never seen these in tortoises before and when i search stuff up on google literally absolutely NOTHING shows. the only thing that shows is something from...

Hello All, My tortoise is having some kind of skin infection due to which it has several white yellow blisters on his skin and eyes. I'm not sure what I need to do to help them heal quickly. Can someone please help me I'm very new to have turtoise as a pet and I'm from a place there are not a...

Hello. I have been dealing with some health issues for my Sulcata female tortoise. She is 6 years old and has come down with an URI. The vet said he thinks it may be fungal infection as well, due to signs and to a dark brown debris inside her mouth. The debris coats the inside edges of the mouth...

Hello! I have a leopard tortoise with a red rash on their back leg. About 2 months ago I got my tort a new large water dish but over time I realized that that particular dish grew algae pretty easily and had some sort of leak underneath that caused the substrate around it to mold. I tried doing...

My baby red foot tortoise is having problems with her back leg. I’m scared a lizard might have attacked her while in her enclosure outside. Her back right leg is completely missing claws and the skin is peeling off. I’ve been washing the area with baby soap and applying Betadine solution and...

Hello everyone, I am writing this post as I have recently rescued a snow leopard tortoise, I had noticed a guy had one up for sale on kijiji and the condition of him looked horrible so I picked him up the same day and immediately took him to the vet. I named him Jambo. Jambo is two years old...

Hello friends, I’ve been noticing my sulcata’s back. There is something strange between its scute (attached the photos below) I mean, I’ve been observing its shell for the past 2 weeks. The problem area was small. I was hoping the sulcata just shedding or something(?). However, now the...

Hi guys. I am new at this forum. My name is Arifianto from Indonesia. Nice to meet you all. I have few questions: 1. Is this yellow bumps (see pics) on may baby sulcata Austwickia or common fungal infection? In its enclosure i have 5 babies in total. This one is the worst one, the others two...