Paranoid me

[jpmcclure]

Think y'all might be proud (I say might cuz I never know what to expect here..but I adore all of you). I brought Thor in last night and noticed some dirty spots on his underside that I couldn't scrape off. As I inspected further, I noticed a pinkish tinge between the scutes (if the underside "lines" are called that). I immediately thought "yikes..shell rot??". I had a girl date planned at 730 (wine, cheese & grapes..yum) so I couldn't do any research. I was so disengaged during my date worrying about Thor. When the date was over at about 10, I immediately came inside & googled Sulcata Shell Rot. (I often google to find threads from this forum). I found one from here and there was a picture of exactly what thors looks like and learned it was new growth and to "leave it alone" (other than the dirty part..guess its just dirt). I'll be posting a pic later when it's time for him to go outside (just for confirmation). But I thought y'all might enjoy knowing that I was actually able to finally answer my own question for once!! And of course from a similar past thread here on the forum. Feeling a lil proud. Lol. Tata for now.

 

[Tom]

Cool.

 

[mattgrizzlybear]

Good job!

 

[Jacqui]

I am so proud of you *eyes mist a bit* Our member is growing up.


... glad it was something good wrong, not bad with Thor. You have had enough bad to last you quite some time.

 

[jpmcclure]

Thanks guys. If you don't mind, I'd still like to post a pic just to be sure when it's his outside time. About 1.5hrs. I'll just post on this thread so I don't turn it into a whole new thread. Thanks. Yes Jacqui, I'm growing up. Great choice of words. Love it.

 

[jpmcclure]

This is what I'm talking about. The pinkish tint & that, what I hope is dirt, won't come off.

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[CourtneyAndCarl]

It looks like dirt... Carl gets dirt in the tiny grooves on his plastron, too... drives me nuts but he doesn't like it when I try to scrub it off so I just leave it

 

[wellington]

So proud So nice too isn't it, that when you do find the answer, it is from this forum, and so you can have the confidence that it is correct.

 

[jpmcclure]

I think I'll just let it be.
..and yes, it's SO nice to be able to find info on my own from THIS site that I trust with his life. Thanks guys. Reassurance has set in. I can continue working in peace.
Did I mention how much I love this place and ALL my people in it?

 

[dmmj]

Girl date?

 

[jpmcclure]

Girl date?

My neighbor and I try to make it a point about once a month to make a date to sit out front, have some wine, cheese, crackers & fruit and sit and vent our woes and high points since our last date. Just a little "exhale" once/mo. Us girls need each other to spill our guts to that our husbands just wouldn't understand or have heard it all already. Lol.

 

[Alan RF]

This is fabulous news and thors shell looks fine

 

[jpmcclure]

Thanks

 

[mainey34]

Good job..

 

[DesertGrandma]

We call it "girls night out." Glad you have found your own answers. You are no longer a newbie.

 

[jpmcclure]

We call it "girls night out." Glad you have found your own answers. You are no longer a newbie.

Girls night out front. Lol.

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Good job..

Thanks.

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

 

[jpmcclure]

Thanks aldabraman.

 

[jpmcclure]

I know it's a longshot, but any way you can speculate if thors actually a boy by these pics?