Now that @Yvonne G and @HermanniChris have helped identify our tortoise, I’m sure we’ll have lots more questions. Background - we live in Sweden, so it is cold much of the year. Anton has mostly lived indoors, roaming freely in the home (first my parent-in-laws, and now my husbands and mine). At my parent-in-laws, where he lived nearly 50 years, the home was mostly carpeted. My home, where he’s been about 6 years, is mostly hardwood and tile. In the summer (April-Sept), he is outdoors in an enclosure on dirt/grass.
Some years he hibernates a long time, and then he doesn’t spend too much time awake and indoors, but the past couple years, he’s only hibernated a short time. This year he was up by the first week of January. We notice his rear feet are getting very raw, presumably from the wood/tile floors, and we’re not sure if we should do anything about it. See photo of one foot. Any suggestions are welcome.
Some years he hibernates a long time, and then he doesn’t spend too much time awake and indoors, but the past couple years, he’s only hibernated a short time. This year he was up by the first week of January. We notice his rear feet are getting very raw, presumably from the wood/tile floors, and we’re not sure if we should do anything about it. See photo of one foot. Any suggestions are welcome.