Rings under neck skin

ash9333

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This is my sister's pet. His name is Taco. We both got a baby. (Not really sure of age) but Taco still had his dried up egg sack still on his belly. But notice these rings on tacos neck while I was soaking him and Macho( my baby). I posted in another group and got different answers. But she is scared now and im having a heart attack bc they said could be fungus and its contagious and could be fatal. Vet lined up in the morning. When they open. But found this and thought i would ask. But they both do have a bump also. Just on the top of their neck no where else. You will see from the picture. If i need to ask in the lump psge just let me know. I didnt think it looked like yellow fungus. You really cant see the lump in the pic on taco, but you can see the rings theres 4 of those But the other 2 pics is of macho and you can see the bump or lump.
 

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TammyJ

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Don't like how this looks. In any case, they should never be kept together, contagion being one reason for that. I hope the vet is a reputable tortoise vet. Keep us informed, please!
 

ash9333

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So I went with my sister and Taco to the vet this morning. He done a poo test and did a scraping of the skin. Also gave Taco a vit shot. He came back in with the ssd cream. He also had a broken toe nail. In the poo test he didnt see worms but did see something and he didnt treat that. He wants taco to come back in 3 weeks to do another test to make sure it doesnt get worse. Ill have to ask her the name he used. But taco is 25 grams. Oh and he recommend this jelly stuff for the diet.
 

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You need to print out our info on austwickia for your vet. It certainly looks like austwickia to me. And that also causes broken toe nails. It's highly contagious.
 
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