So, I have a California Desert tortoise, who is about two and a half years old. He lives in a 100 gallon tank with plenty of room to move around with alfalfa bedding.
Yesterday he was drinking some water and he blinked and a sort of redish growth type thing was at the corner of his eye. He started blinking and kind of rubbing his eye on his arm. I was rather alarmed so I called the lady who gives us the tortoises and she said it was a normal thing, it was his third eyelid and was nothing to worry about. The red item went away maybe fifteen minutes after.
Is this a common thing? Or should I be worried?
Yesterday he was drinking some water and he blinked and a sort of redish growth type thing was at the corner of his eye. He started blinking and kind of rubbing his eye on his arm. I was rather alarmed so I called the lady who gives us the tortoises and she said it was a normal thing, it was his third eyelid and was nothing to worry about. The red item went away maybe fifteen minutes after.
Is this a common thing? Or should I be worried?