mytortoisereed
New Member
Hi Tortoise Forum,
One day I noticed that my 15 year old male Russian Tortoise named Reed had a large white patch on his left arm. His scales are missing from the spot as well. Not sure what happened, he never got into any accidents or got hurt. He can walk normally and he doesn’t seem to be hurt or bothered by it. He lives in a 40 gallon terrarium, maybe he brushed up against the log that he loves to hide and sleep in and that created the scratch. Not sure what it is, I don’t want to worry unless I have to. Please let me know if you can help me, I have attached a picture of the arm with the white patch and of the arm without.
Thank you,
Emma and Reed
Left Arm (With Patch):
Right Arm (Normal):
One day I noticed that my 15 year old male Russian Tortoise named Reed had a large white patch on his left arm. His scales are missing from the spot as well. Not sure what happened, he never got into any accidents or got hurt. He can walk normally and he doesn’t seem to be hurt or bothered by it. He lives in a 40 gallon terrarium, maybe he brushed up against the log that he loves to hide and sleep in and that created the scratch. Not sure what it is, I don’t want to worry unless I have to. Please let me know if you can help me, I have attached a picture of the arm with the white patch and of the arm without.
Thank you,
Emma and Reed
Left Arm (With Patch):
Right Arm (Normal):