Hey guys, i recently found a hard lump on my tortoise's neck. He is 60 pound 9 yr old male. Any i deas on what it might be? Im trying to load a video of it, but for some reason the app isnt letting me. 
Lump on tortoise neck
- Thread starter lizysexpistol
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Greetings. For video, you must first upload the video to YouTube, then, once on YT, you can post the URL in your text here. The Forum doesn't support video file extensions. Hope that makes sense.
I do see the lump, can’t help you with the cause. Good luck.
I do see the lump, can’t help you with the cause. Good luck.
queen koopa
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is he having any trouble eating? Is it sensitive? Do you know about how long its been there?
He has no problem eating, it doesn't seem to bother him when i touch it. Im guessing its been there for about a month. I took him to the vet back in september and there was nothing on his neck then.
queen koopa
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I looked elsewhere on the forum and see a lot of posts about abscesses... it seems far down, maybe esophagus? Looking at pics of tortoise anatomy. If it grew in size, maybe abcess. But if it just appeared maybe something stuck in there? I don’t know... I have more experience with lumps and abscesses when it comes to mamals... mainly horses! Often times with them its a fly bite, or a bite from another horse that has swelled. Prolly another vet trip if it doesn’t lessen..
It might possibly be goiter:
http://www.reptilesmagazine.com/Turtles-Tortoises/Tortoise-Care/Turtle-Tortoise-Goiter/
http://www.reptilesmagazine.com/Turtles-Tortoises/Tortoise-Care/Turtle-Tortoise-Goiter/
Thank you for the info. I scheduled an appointment for next tuesday.
