First time posting on here, I hope I uploaded the pictures properly.
A light green spot appeared on my tortoises shell near his head. I tried scrubbing it away with water and a toothbrush. Nothing worked. Then I noticed the other mark closer to his tail.
Is this the beginning of shell rot...
Hello everyone, my redfoot recently got this mark on her shell and I’m wondering whether it’s shell rot/fungus or some sorta scraping since she’s been falling over a lot more recently and using rocks to climb
The mark does not go away with washing/scrubbing
In this picture it’s just after a...
I was giving my 3 yr old redfoot a bath and I noticed one of her plastron scutes had fallen off. I was kind of horrified by that but after a lot of research I started immediately treating her with Beta iodine and a topical skin cream. I also used Chlorhexidine diluted to clean the area scrubbing...
Hi! So, I noticed on my baby Hermann's a soft spot on the under side of his shell. I didn't know if that was shell rot starting? If so, what causes that and how can I treat him? The top side of his shell seems to be okay.