peeling

Hector has some of his shell peeling in the center of his back, is it normal to peel from the center of the scute out and not from the sides? I can see shell underneath it just hasn’t come off on it’s own. He has a vet appt. In a week, I’m just worried it’s something serious.

My tortoises head is a little dry and peeling. Normally I would just soak him and let it work itself out, but the placement of the peeling is getting his head stuck. It was hard to get a picture at a good angle but the big scale right at the top of his head is peeling up right above his nose...

Hi there, I just got a captive bred Russian Tortoise two days ago. It is around four months old. I have it living in the ZooMed tortoise house with loose coconut fiber and ZooMed ecobark mixture. I have a UVB lamp for it, a heat lamp and a nighttime heat lamp with no light. I've been feeding it...

Hi guys, I rescued this red-eared slider 2 weeks ago from a bus-stop, with no rivers or ponds nearby. I've been feeding it turtle food and it's very healthy. I don't know its age but it's neither too small nor too big, the size of its shell from the head to the back is approx. 9.5cm. Last week...