NicoleDarling
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Hi everyone. Today we woke up to our little Red Foot, Bowser, with a white spot on his nose. It was not there last night, so it must have developed sometime while we were asleep. I have attached pictures. I plan on takin him to a reptile vet in Yorba Linda, Ca named Dr. Greek tomorrow (we would today if it were not Sunday). We are concerned and would like to know if anyone has had a similar issue with their tort and if they could give us recommendations on what we can do today to help our little friend.
A little background:
Bowser is about 4 months old, and has been in our possession for about 1 week now.
He eats a lot of dandelion greens, carrot shreddings, and has had 2 servings of pineapple this week. He is soaked for about 15 minutes every day after eating. He lives in a tortoise table that we keep covered with foil to lock in the humidity. His temperature average this week has been about 92F, and humidity has been at about 75% (we're working on how to get it up to 80%). We spray down his enclosure about twice per day. We use a UVB lamp during the day, and a ceramic heat emitter at night. His substrate is the the Zoo Med Eco Earth coconut fiber. We have 2 Spider Plants, an African Violet. He has a hollowed out wooden hide. Despite the mystery white spots, Bowser is fairly active and is his usual curious self. His shell and the rest of his skin appear to be in great condition.
Any help at all would be greatly appreciated! We're new to this tortoise parent thing and just want our little guy to be healthy and happy
A little background:
Bowser is about 4 months old, and has been in our possession for about 1 week now.
He eats a lot of dandelion greens, carrot shreddings, and has had 2 servings of pineapple this week. He is soaked for about 15 minutes every day after eating. He lives in a tortoise table that we keep covered with foil to lock in the humidity. His temperature average this week has been about 92F, and humidity has been at about 75% (we're working on how to get it up to 80%). We spray down his enclosure about twice per day. We use a UVB lamp during the day, and a ceramic heat emitter at night. His substrate is the the Zoo Med Eco Earth coconut fiber. We have 2 Spider Plants, an African Violet. He has a hollowed out wooden hide. Despite the mystery white spots, Bowser is fairly active and is his usual curious self. His shell and the rest of his skin appear to be in great condition.
Any help at all would be greatly appreciated! We're new to this tortoise parent thing and just want our little guy to be healthy and happy