TONYTORT
Member
Hi friends! We have a Russian Tortoise and recently noticed that a piece of the back part of his shell chipped off. He's pretty active now but he had a rough start when we rescued him a year ago (malnourished, didn't move legs, no UVB, etc.) so we attributed the chip to climbing or something. He was checked by a vet at that point and we were told nothing was wrong. Flash forward a year with the help of the forum- we've gotten him to the point of climbing and using those back legs. Overall we were feeling pretty good! That is until we noticed the other parts of his shell around that one beginning to go slightly opaque and then chipping off. I'll attach some pictures- let me know if you all think it could be attributed to environment or if he has shell rot.
Thanks!
TonyTort
pp.s. please pardon the piece of hair that was on him when I took the pic, I think it fell off of my sleeve haha. Also the small white flecks are calcium particles. He had calcium with his food today and it got all over him!
Also when we got him he had those purple marks on his shell. We took him to the vet when we got him almost a year ago and they were not concerned about them.
Thanks!
Thanks!
TonyTort
pp.s. please pardon the piece of hair that was on him when I took the pic, I think it fell off of my sleeve haha. Also the small white flecks are calcium particles. He had calcium with his food today and it got all over him!
Also when we got him he had those purple marks on his shell. We took him to the vet when we got him almost a year ago and they were not concerned about them.
Thanks!