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Rosiee

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as i was feeding my tortoise her rare treat of honey dew melon i noticed her tongue was a stange colour sorta of orangey brown like ear wax, but it wasnt swallow of bumpy just the colour i have not noticed this colour before shall i worry?
 

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i meant to write swollen or bumpy, as in it looks normal other then the color, and shes a herman
 

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What she has eaten lately can color her tongue Rosiee.

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ummm.... well she had eaten leafy things like danilion and rocco, but this morning it seems to have faded a little so i am not panicing yet.
 

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I've never seen it (orange tongue) before, but it could have been the dandelion. Dandelion makes their face black and their urine pretty dark.

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