Cut on tortoise neck?

[Naroma]

Please help! One of the tortoises i bought a month ago has this on its neck...pic attached. I noticed his 3 weeks ago but it was like a scab...it looks like it came off and today the red mark is there. Please help...do i need to take tort to vet?
Thanks for any help and advice

 

[Gillian M]

I think you ought to see a vet IMMEDIATELY. Sorry, can't be of more help: am no tort expert. Hope the experts will help you.

And please keep us updated, hoping to hear your tort is better soon.

 

[Naroma]

I think you ought to see a vet IMMEDIATELY. Sorry, can't be of more help: am no tort expert. Hope the experts will help you.

And please keep us updated, hoping to hear your tort is better soon.

Thanks Gillian...i am trying to find a tortoise vet in Glasgow ...will let you know how tort gets on.

 

[Gillian M]

Thanks Gillian...i am trying to find a tortoise vet in Glasgow ...will let you know how tort gets on.

Sorry, don't understand your question.What exactly do you mean by "how torts get on?"

 

[Gillian M]

Please check the so-called "Torts Vets List" and hopefully there you'll find a vet.

Good luck!

 

[Gillian M]

I've asked one of our experts to help you.

Have you checked the vets list?

 

[Naroma]

I've asked one of our experts to help you.

Have you checked the vets list?

Thanks
I am contacting a friend whose cousin is a vet

 

[Gillian M]

Thanks
I am contacting a friend whose cousin is a vet

Please let me know what happens and good luck!

 

[Naroma]

Not been able to contact vet yet...Can any of the experts advise if there is anything i can do meantime?
Many Thanks

 

[Gillian M]

Not been able to contact vet yet...Can any of the experts advise if there is anything i can do meantime?
Many Thanks

Will check once again, although I've already contacted someone, who has not answered. Sorry.

 

[Gillian M]

@Naroma (a new member) posted a thread asking for HELP: her tort's neck is injured and she needs advise.

Would someone PLEASE, PLEASE be kind enough to help her; until she contacts a vet.

Thanks everyone.

 

[Naroma]

Will check once again, although I've already contacted someone, who has not answered. Sorry.

Many thanks for all your help.

 

[Gillian M]

Many thanks for all your help.

Don' mention it.

I have just posted a thread asking the members here to help you ASAP.

 

[Naroma]

Don' mention it.

I have just posted a thread asking the members here to help you ASAP.

Many thanks...as you can see i am new here and dont know the forum...

 

[Naroma]

I've asked one of our experts to help you.

Have you checked the vets list?

Is there a vets list on the forum?

 

[Gillian M]

Is there a vets list on the forum?

Yes the one I mentioned earlier. It is called: "Torts Vets List." Please check it.

 

[Gillian M]

Many thanks...as you can see i am new here and dont know the forum...

Don't worry. Hopefully, you will get the help you need SOON.

I'll see what I can do for you.

 

[Maggie Cummings]

Go to a drug store and get Betadine. That's the red stuff DRs clean your skin with. Clean the wound ONCE with Betadine. Then keep Neosporin or something like that on it. Is he rubbing against his carapace at that spot? In the pix his carapace at that spot looks broken and sharp. Can you trim it some?

 

[Yvonne G]

Hi, and welcome to the Forum!

That's a pretty hard place to heal because every time he pulls his head in or pushes it out, it cracks open. They get those from either another tortoise biting him or from the rough part of the shell cutting it. They try to climb and quickly slip down, too fast for them to pull the head in. You can take a little piece of emery cloth and lightly sand the rough edge of the shell. But keep Neosporin or some other type of antibiotic salve on it to keep it soft. If it gets a hard scab, it will only crack and break open with his neck activity.

You don't need to see a vet.

 

[Gillian M]

Hi @Naroma . Hope you are now better after you got two posts that will help you, I hope.

Please keep us updated; and sincerely hope to hear your tort is better, SOON.