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We are in Santa Cruz, ca near the coast. His eye has a layer of stuff around it. Any implications or things to watch out for?

I wanted to provide an update on Code 3 to date. We took him to the vet last week and the vets diagnosis of Code 3's spot on his belly was not 100% conclusive. They took him in for the day and debridled his carapace where he had dead shell. We were concerned the spot on his chest would go deep...

This is Code 3's cage. We just recently got him from another owner from Salinas, CA who brought him up to his 9 years of age. This is the cage that he gave to us and the heating pad that he sleeps on every night. (BTW- he goes into the cage every night around 4/5pm to sleep. He's not dead from...

It does sleep on a heat mat

Thanks for responding so quick. We are taking him into the vet on Thursday. He's acting normal. We've had a considerable amount of rain in the past few weeks here and I few that may have been a culprit. My question now is what are the best courses of action to prevent the rot from getting worse.

Have a 9yr old Sulcata Tortoise on the coast in Northern California. Was cleaning him the other day and noticed what I think to be shell rot on the bottom of his shell. Taking him to the vet on Thursday, but wondering if there is anything that I can do now to prevent the rot from getting any worse.