African Sideneck Turtle Spot??

[bgordon]

I have discovered a small intention/hole however doesn’t look like shell rot or a lesion the whole are feels hard, the rest of the shell is nice and hard. The water quality is good, I’m running a Penn plax 700 and keep it cleaned regularly and use water sludge remover and cleaner monthly or when I refill the water after evaporation. She doesn’t like to bask in the above tank basking area so I have to remove her and place her under a lamp and that’s when I noticed the spot on her side… any idea of what it is??

 

[bgordon]

It’s a small recessed hole, there is Zero soft spots on her shell

 

[bgordon]

Water is clean and clear

 

[The_Four_Toed_Edward]

Maybe @Yvonne G can help you?

 

[TammyJ]

It looks like something made a hole.
Is she alone in the tank?
Could a rat or cat have got to her?

 

[Yvonne G]

It doesn't look new. Could it be that you just never noticed it before? How long have you had the turtle?

 

[zovick]

It’s a small recessed hole, there is Zero soft spots on her shell

Is it soft inside that hole? To me, it appears that this could be an isolated fungal infection which began in the seam between two scutes and has been "walled off" by the turtle's immune system.

If you scrape it out (like what a dentist does to a cavity in a tooth with a drill) and apply lotrimin/clotrimazole to the newly cleaned surface, it might heal. Not meaning you should drill it out, but just maybe just scrape it out with the tip of a sharp knife to get a clean surface inside the hole then apply the cream to it.

 

[bgordon]

It looks like something made a hole.
Is she alone in the tank?
Could a rat or cat have got to her?

She is alone in her tank

 

[bgordon]

It doesn't look new. Could it be that you just never noticed it before? How long have you had the turtle?

I have had her for a year almost

 

[bgordon]

Is it soft inside that hole? To me, it appears that this could be an isolated fungal infection which began in the seam between two scutes and has been "walled off" by the turtle's immune system.

If you scrape it out (like what a dentist does to a cavity in a tooth with a drill) and apply lotrimin/clotrimazole to the newly cleaned surface, it might heal. Not meaning you should drill it out, but just maybe just scrape it out with the tip of a sharp knife to get a clean surface inside the hole then apply the cream to it. I it is hard inside the

Is it soft inside that hole? To me, it appears that this could be an isolated fungal infection which began in the seam between two scutes and has been "walled off" by the turtle's immune system.

If you scrape it out (like what a dentist does to a cavity in a tooth with a drill) and apply lotrimin/clotrimazole to the newly cleaned surface, it might heal. Not meaning you should drill it out, but just maybe just scrape it out with the tip of a sharp knife to get a clean surface inside the hole then apply the cream to it.

no it is hard inside the hole. So you suggest scrape it and then clean it?