Valgreenbros
New Member
Hi,
I have three Gopherus Berlandieri, they come to me as a gift, I already have 3 months with them. I'm just being into this tortoise world. I'm trying to do the things well so I being reading a lot this months about tortoise and turtles.
I feed them with nopal (opuntia) and trebol, recently I bought a uvb lamp so since last week they have uvb rays, before that they were always in the porch of my house (not too much sun).
Recently I just noticed that my tortoises have this white layer between their scutes, I read that it could be new growing shell, however I am alarmed because that layer is very large in one of them.
This is Harvey (10 centimeters, approximately it's 2 years old), as you can see, it have those white lines (blue circle) and I think they're very large and I don't know what could it be and why. Also since I have it it always has had those black marks (red circle) in the center of each scute.
This is my oldest tortoise (It doesn't have name yet; 15 centimeters, I think it is 3 years old)
I'm asking if someone knows what is happening to my tortoises or if this situation is normal. They're eating normally this days. Just Harvey has been a little more passive than normal.
In advance thanks for your help.
Regards
I have three Gopherus Berlandieri, they come to me as a gift, I already have 3 months with them. I'm just being into this tortoise world. I'm trying to do the things well so I being reading a lot this months about tortoise and turtles.
I feed them with nopal (opuntia) and trebol, recently I bought a uvb lamp so since last week they have uvb rays, before that they were always in the porch of my house (not too much sun).
Recently I just noticed that my tortoises have this white layer between their scutes, I read that it could be new growing shell, however I am alarmed because that layer is very large in one of them.
This is Harvey (10 centimeters, approximately it's 2 years old), as you can see, it have those white lines (blue circle) and I think they're very large and I don't know what could it be and why. Also since I have it it always has had those black marks (red circle) in the center of each scute.
This is my oldest tortoise (It doesn't have name yet; 15 centimeters, I think it is 3 years old)
I'm asking if someone knows what is happening to my tortoises or if this situation is normal. They're eating normally this days. Just Harvey has been a little more passive than normal.
In advance thanks for your help.
Regards