Tortoise lump - advice pls :-)

[sparkle]

My Russian has developed a hard lump on the corner of his mouth ..... Hopefully you can see it in the photo's? It's on the bottom left corner of his mouth and sticks out quite a bit. He is great in himself, quite active and great appetite. Does anyone know what this lump might be?













Thanks

 

[luvpetz27]

I really have no clue!!??
You should get a reply from
someone that can help.
It is a good sign he is still
eating.
Good luck!

 

[african cake queen]

hi, i dont know, but wish him the best. hes such a cutie. someone will help you. hang on.

 

[sparkle]

Thank you both

Fingers crossed someone will know what it might be x

 

[ascott]

Is it at all soft? or is it kinda soft but not squishy?...is there any discharge from it? and when (how long ago) did you first notice it---and since then has it grown steadily??

 

[sparkle]

It's fairly hard, to be honest it looks / feels what I imagine a wart to be like. I first noticed it about 4 - 5 days ago. There is no discharge that I have seen.

Oh my god, the really weird thing is that I have just been to check the lump again, and it has fallen off lol!

He seems to have been covering a dry cut/damage to the corner of his jaw ...... So I assume it was as a result of some sort of injury?

 

[ascott]

Oh, well then--that settles one problem I would not be sure to flush the spot with warm water and keep an eye on it...if you want you can clean a few times a day with warm water flushes and follow up with a dab of neosporen from a q-tip on that spot...also, just keep an eye to assure that there are not other spots starting around the mouth as well,,,,you can also take a peek inside the mouth to make sure that there are no additional spots inside of the mouth....

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I would not be sure

OOOOppps...please disregard this word...lol
I meant "I would be sure"

 

[sparkle]

Thank you very much for your help ascott

 

[danduc]

Mine had something similar to it, both side. After a while it did fall of. Vet said it was a form of Condyloma. I was given some antibiotic cream to apply in the affected area and it worked great. It was gone in about 6 days.

danduc

 

[sparkle]

Hi,


Yeah looking at it today, there is just a dry crack underneath where the lump was. I will monitor him closely and check it is healing. Thanks so much for taking the time to reply to me!

 

[Ansh]

Hi. My baby star had something very similar that settled on its own. The vet thought it was a middle ear abscess. I was told to keep a close eye to make sure that it doesn't recur. Apparently tortoises are prone to these abscesses. There's quite a lot of info on this on the web. Really glad your tort is doing fine!!