brownbetty524
New Member
Hi there,
My sulcata tortoise eats fine, but I revamped her indoor cage today with fresh dirt and scrubbed her down outside with fresh water. I noticed that her mouth was deformed and was black and miss-shapen. I am definitely clueless when it comes to turtle care and I need some advice and guidance on what to do for my tortoise. I think it's a girl, I have never had her sexed but I have always called it a "her". I don't have a thermometer in her cage but she does have a day time light and a nighttime light. I give her mixed greens everyday. I was reading on the forums that she must have calcium. But I visited a reptile store recently and saw that they had a tortoise similar in size and I revamped her cage to look like the one that they had in the store.
I am unsure what is wrong with her mouth. Sorry the pictures are so bad she kept trying to retreat to her shell. Honestly I don't handle her a lot I just let her hang out in her cage. I would like to improve how I take care of her. When I bought her she didn't have an eye so she is a one eyed turtle.
Any guidance and help would be much appreciated. Thank you for your time.
My sulcata tortoise eats fine, but I revamped her indoor cage today with fresh dirt and scrubbed her down outside with fresh water. I noticed that her mouth was deformed and was black and miss-shapen. I am definitely clueless when it comes to turtle care and I need some advice and guidance on what to do for my tortoise. I think it's a girl, I have never had her sexed but I have always called it a "her". I don't have a thermometer in her cage but she does have a day time light and a nighttime light. I give her mixed greens everyday. I was reading on the forums that she must have calcium. But I visited a reptile store recently and saw that they had a tortoise similar in size and I revamped her cage to look like the one that they had in the store.
I am unsure what is wrong with her mouth. Sorry the pictures are so bad she kept trying to retreat to her shell. Honestly I don't handle her a lot I just let her hang out in her cage. I would like to improve how I take care of her. When I bought her she didn't have an eye so she is a one eyed turtle.
Any guidance and help would be much appreciated. Thank you for your time.