Bruise

[ortizposse99]

I noticed this bruise on my 2 year old tortoise while bathing her. Any idea what it can be? She's eating and active, shell is good

 

[zolasmum]

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Is it possible it's a surface stain from something she has been lying on - some squashed fruit, for example? W hen did you last bathe her before today ?
Angie?

 

[ortizposse99]

Is it possible it's a surface stain from something she has been lying on - some squashed fruit, for example? W hen did you last bathe her before today ?
Angie?

About a week or two ago she has a water ramp she go in and out of in her enclosure by i scrub her down about every other week with a brush

 

[TheLastGreen]

@Tom can help with any questions, here is the caresheets of the sulcatas.

The Best Way To Raise A Sulcata, Leopard, Or Star Tortoise

I chose the title of this care sheet very carefully. Are there other ways to raise babies? Yes. Yes there are, but those ways are not as good. What follows is the BEST way, according to 30 years of research and experimentation with hundreds of babies of many species. Babies hatch during the...

www.tortoiseforum.org

For Those Who Have a Young Sulcata...

Over and over I type up and answer diet questions and try to get people feeding the right stuff, but I find that the "norm" is grocery store food. Grocery store food is expensive, a hassle to obtain, and very low on the list of what is best for sulcatas. These tortoises are GRASS eaters. From...

www.tortoiseforum.org