Any one know what this is ?

Fish

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image.jpgAny help on ID of this growth or what ever it is on my baby leopards shell ?

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Jacqui

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My guess woulda been snails on a leopard.
 

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Oh now you have a really nice close up to look at the growths. Do they rub off? How long have they been there?
 

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I'm not telling you to do this, but if it were my baby, I would pick that off. I'd have a styptic pencil or powder handy in case it bleeds. It looks like dried serum. Something made the new growth in those places weep and the serum dried. You can pick it off, then rub some NeoSporin into the spaces.

Please read the "Important Threads" at the top of the Leopard Tortoise section. It looks like your baby could use a more humid environment. I'm saying that because of the raised growth spaces.
 

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I agree with Yvonne's assessment. How is this baby being housed, and how was it housed before you got it?
 
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