Can you tell me what's wrong with this two??

[bouaboua]

A friend have this two baby Hermanni. The large one is little over three inches. current temperature is between 95 to 100 by day and about 90s at night. About 60 % humidity.

They are not too active, not eating much and lethargic. He did soak them daily....The smaller one are making noise while soaking from the nose and making some nasal bubbles.

Why the carapace looks like this? too dry?





And is this shall rut rot??

 

[Yvonne G]

Yes, they look very dry. But if they're so dry, why would there be shell rot? And it does look like shell rot. Maybe your friend needs to provide more shade in the enclosure (strong lights drying out the shells?????)

 

[G-stars]

A friend have this two baby Hermanni. The large one is little over three inches. current temperature is between 95 to 100 by day and about 90s at night. About 60 % humidity.

They are not too active, not eating much and lethargic. He did soak them daily....The smaller one are making noise while soaking from the nose and making some nasal bubbles.

Why the carapace looks like this? too dry?
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And is this shall rut rot??
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I had the same problem.
I'm assuming you mean ambient temps drop no lower than 90 at all times. I found that this stresses the tortoises as they can't cool down and it causes what your describing.

Try lowering the night temps down to 80F that helped mine to gets rid of the bubbles. Also I found appetite increases, lethargy goes away and they become more active.

From personal experience this is what I have witnessed to have happened. I believe they get stressed out and can't handle the constant high temps 24/7.

 

[bouaboua]

Yes, they look very dry. But if they're so dry, why would there be shell rot? And it does look like shell rot. Maybe your friend needs to provide more shade in the enclosure (strong lights drying out the shells?????)

Let me gather more information from him.

The bigger one are not his. One of his friend gave it to him. That maybe explain why it is dry but one of them had the shell rot. Thank you Yvonne.

 

[bouaboua]

Yes, they look very dry. But if they're so dry, why would there be shell rot? And it does look like shell rot. Maybe your friend needs to provide more shade in the enclosure (strong lights drying out the shells?????)

What you suggest the humidity for them Yvonne? If they show such dry condition on their shell? He do soak them daily. what else he can do? Also temperasture wise??

 

[kimber_lee_314]

I keep my baby Hermann's at a humidity of 80 and higher, and I never let my temps go below 80. I keep a saucer of water for them at all times and soak them (nearly) every day. All of mine are thriving. Hope that was helpful!