do you guys ever clean your torts shell? one of my hatchlings looks like he got a little bit of poo on his shell. im thinking maybe some warm water with an old toothbrush would do the job
anyone else every do this?
anyone else every do this?
I think i would take your tort to a vet.Theres always the chance of dislocating the jaw if you dont know what you are doing.Your tort my need antifungal treatment.T-P said:Messenjah never pull shedding skin, or hanging scales and specially never pull algae from their faces.
It will most likely come off, aswell as ripping scales off his face.
Your best bet is just gently rub over it with warm water for awhile and it should come off with in time.
Can his mouth open? hold his head and try and ply your fingers inbetween his mouth and open it (you might get nipped) if it doesnt open best you go to a vet.
Messenjah said:My tort has algae growing all over his shell, I bought a toothbrush to scrub him, and I got a TON of caked off dirt off him and a small amount of the algae. It's pretty tenacious, though. I have no idea how to get it off his mouth. I put him in a larger tank today and he was swimming around. It was obscuring his vision, and you could see him shaking his head, trying to get it off. I gently held his head and tried to gently pull some of it off, but it was stuck on tightly and I didn't want to hurt him by ripping it off. Any ideas as to how to get it off his face? It's around his mouth; and I haven't seen his mouth open, so I'm not sure if it's causing him trouble eating.