greenighs
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Gave Jetta a bath today, and noticed after the initial soaking that he had a whitish spot on his rear-most scute. After I used a very soft complexion brush on it (the kind you use on an infant), I could tell it was tender or sore for the poor fella. I put some antibiotic ointment on it, gave him a treat of some flowers, and he scooted off. My question is, should I make a vet appointment for this, or is it a routine first aid kind of thing?
His health and energy level otherwise is pretty darn good. You can see in this video, especially the end, how energetic and robust he is. He does laps around my entire back yard all day, every day, basking in his favorite spots in a systematic rotation on a schedule of his own meticulous devising.
Background and general blahblahblah: Diet is wild, broad-leafed weeds including (bristly oxtongue leaves and flowers, plaintain, various grasses), mustard greens, dandelion greens, cactus pads, radicchio, endive, and rose petals. I sprinkle calcium/vitamin D powder on his food every other day. He has a pan of fresh water, cleaned out daily, and also gets a good soaking at least once a week. He gets sunshine all day, every day, and has heated and unheated hides.
I have no idea how old he is. He came out of hibernation and dug himself into my yard a month ago, and his owners (I eventually found them and they let me keep him) had adopted him as a grown tortoise. Under their care, he had a vet visit annually, I intend to keep up that practice with the same vet. Is this the time for that visit?