scutes

  1. S

    Concerned about Sulcata Shell

    Hello! I have a 1 year old African Sulcata tortoise. I wanted to post her pictures here and see what you all think about her shell. I feel like her scutes are pretty small and the darker parts (I think they’re called sutures?) in between them are thicker than average and cover more of her shell...
  2. L

    Is this scute growth something I should be worried about?

    This is growth something I should be worried about? This is my dad's 14 year old sulcata. It's like there is a mini scute growing between the bigger scutes. Is this a sign of something and what should I do?
  3. V

    Cherryhead with one less Scute on the vertebrae

    I am about to buy my first Cherryhead but noticed it has one less Scute on the vertebrae, is this something of concern?
  4. H

    My tortoise won’t accept nutrients?

    Hello! I have a Hermann’s tortoise that is about 4 years old. I’ve had him for about 9 months and he is my first reptile. He’s been acting kind of strange lately and I don’t know why. It started about a week ago when I noticed he wasn’t eating very much of his food. I got him kale and green...
  5. Khai

    Sulcata scute lifted up

    Please tell me what happend with my sulcata. One of the scute partially lifted up, and it has some white line or dots between this scute. The size of the sulcata is 12 cm. Thank you
  6. DARKFIRE007

    Stuck scutes treatment?

    You can't tell her size in the pic, but TRUST me when I tell you this lady is getting big. She seems to have quite a few stuck scutes, she isn't pyramiding and is in good shape considering she was wild caught and bought at a show. Everything was even at 4.5 inches in size, but now with a LOT of...
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