Dozer will be turning 4 years old in May and he weighs a little better than 2 pounds. He grew pretty quickly and has been seemingly happy, healthy and incredibly energetic. Ever since his tail started to lengthen, he’s always carried it differently than what I’ve seen from other male tortoises. Most males walk with their tail tucked to one side and have it completely wrapped around their back end. Doze’s tail does not seem to be capable of doing that. He always has his tail tucked to one side or the other, but the last 1/3 of his tail is always bent outwards. If I try to gently move it to the side, it just won’t go, but I wasn’t willing to put much of any pressure on it. I always thought maybe when he gets a bit bigger he’ll carry it properly but that just hasn’t happened and I assume he’s pretty much full grown now as he’s between 7 and 7.5”. I’m curious if anyone has seen this before? Is this something I should be worried about and get X-rays for? It doesn’t seem to cause him any discomfort, but I notice the part that sticks out seems to get in the way at times. It was hard to get pictures that captured it properly, so that’s why there’s so many different angles.
Any thoughts about this are appreciated.
Any thoughts about this are appreciated.