scales

Hello! Can someone help me identify what this is? Is this a scale falling off his face? Or is this a vet emergency issue? Eating and drinking good! Just looks like a scale that’s coming off his face but I’m not too sure if this is normal for the cheek area? Thanks!

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...

This is not my tortoise but I’m wondering what your input is on this redfoot’s skin. It appears overgrown and is covering his nostrils almost to closure. Is this from dryness or dehydration?

HELP Oh boy. Okay, Ima lay it out for you. I live in Wisconsin and I'm 16 years old. My young sister got a russian tortoise about 5 years ago from a pet store, and just under to weeks ago she gave him to me. Very happy about that, because I could clearly see that he wasn't given a lot of...

I am new to tortoises, and only just recently adopted a russian tortoise. She had been injured by a dog. She received her antibiotics and got her shell patched up at the vet about a month ago. Since then she has been doing fine. She eats a lot, drinks when I soak her, and loves digging around in...

Hello there! I just got my Horsefield a couple of weeks ago (he originally lived on Long Island and now in MA). He was given to me with a large patch of his scales missing on the back side of his legs and it looks like most of his skin/scales are flaking off all over. I took him to a vet that...