Red and purple spot on leopard plastron

[Fatur]

Today, my leopard tortoise had a strange sign. There's a red and purple spot on his plastron. Any one have an idea what's going on?

My leopard size 6.5 cm
Plastron still hard.

 

[Thomasstortoise]

ok first,

how old is your little one approx;

secondly, did he eat fruits red in color or that might've stained his plastron a bit,
if not then this could be an early sign of shell rot go to the vet and see what they say
get back to me on that

 

[wellington]

ok first,

how old is your little one approx;

secondly, did he eat fruits red in color or that might've stained his plastron a bit,
if not then this could be an early sign of shell rot go to the vet and see what they say
get back to me on that

Leopards do not get shell rot and running to a vet can do more harm then good as most do not know enough about tortoises.

 

[wellington]

I would just keep an eye on the areas and see if they change at all.
I don't see any purple, I see what looks like brown or grayish. Could just be color of plastron changing. The red could just be something that irritated him .

 

[Thomasstortoise]

Leopards do not get shell rot and running to a vet can do more harm then good as most do not know enough about tortoises.

not mean to start war but all torts get shell rot mister, maybe the vet would not be a good idea as its still to early to tell but even leopard tortoises get shell rot and a specific breeds does not mean a tortoise is immune to a specific bacteria or illness, but i guess some people have silly opinions so i guess do whatever you fancy

 

[wellington]

not mean to start war but all torts get shell rot mister, maybe the vet would not be a good idea as its still to early to tell but even leopard tortoises get shell rot and a specific breeds does not mean a tortoise is immune to a specific bacteria or illness, but i guess some people have silly opinions so i guess do whatever you fancy

Not a mister and leopards and sulcatas can be in 100% humidity, a very wet puddled substrate and not get shell rot.
It doesn't even look like the start of rot.
A leopard tort would have to sit in it's own poop and pee for sometime to get rot and you can tell by the torts bottom shell and how clean and unstained it is that it's not sitting in a filthy enclosure.
Stick around a while and open your mind to learning from this forum.

 

[Lyn W]

Can you post some pics of his enclosure so we can see if there's anything affecting him?

 

[wellington]

Not a mister and leopards and sulcatas can be in 100% humidity, a very wet puddled substrate and not get shell rot.
It doesn't even look like the start of rot.
A leopard tort would have to sit in it's own poop and pee for sometime to get rot and you can tell by the torts bottom shell and how clean and unstained it is that it's not sitting in a filthy enclosure.
Stick around a while and open your mind to learning from this forum.

I will correct that's it's not likely a leopard would get rot

 

[Fatur]

I'm sorry, he can't survive. So my pardalis bleeding from his cloaca. ?