My Russian tourtise- I am an overthinker and need help.

[mads3732]

Wow. I've never seen scars like that from a lamp, especially with that spacing. Interesting.

It really scared me when it first happened. I thought he had some sort of infection? But vet said it's normal with that lvl of wattage.

 

[Crush da Baum]

It really scared me when it first happened. I thought he had some sort of infection? But vet said it's normal with that lvl of wattage.

That white part is dead keratin. It will grow back it just takes a really long time. Eventually it will peal off and brand new keratin will be under it.

 

[Cathie G]

I'm actually using cypress mulch. I used the wrong "c" word apparently *facepalm*

I know what you mean. I hate spell check. I'm sure you've been able to manage your way around the TFO though by now.☺ Best hopes and prayers for your baby.

 

[Cathie G]

It's just blowing me away honestly. I never would have thought he could be wild caught. We did so much reasearch on who we were buying from to try and prevent this. Its crushing me a little. I feel awful.

My little Russian is wild caught too probably...I don't regret rescuing him for one second. He had 2 choices. Me or his shell falling apart in the wild. Even while in the wild his shell was developing holes, probably from a lack of habitat. Almost all of that has healed over time. I don't really like that people are doing this but my little guy probably wouldn't have survived anyway. So don't feel awful. Like Yavonne said consider the darling a rescue.

 

[mads3732]

They usually have rough, beat up shells.

My little Russian is wild caught too probably...I don't regret rescuing him for one second. He had 2 choices. Me or his shell falling apart in the wild. Even while in the wild his shell was developing holes, probably from a lack of habitat. Almost all of that has healed over time. I don't really like that people are doing this but my little guy probably wouldn't have survived anyway. So don't feel awful. Like Yavonne said consider the darling a rescue.

Thank you for the kind words. I appreciate that so much.