From my end, there really isn’t anything that looks abnormal. Things do look different in person then in pictures though. Any reason to believe why should would have sepsis? Is she acting different?
The theory of the dog stepping on her and bruising her is unlikely in my opinion. Can’t count how many times I’ve accidentally tripped over and stepped on a tortoise because they sneaked up behind me while I was in their enclosure. Nothing came from it. Maybe if it was a young tortoise that still hadn’t developed a strong shell. But this once looks to have a nice strong shell.
A few years ago I rescued a young sulcata. Must have been anywhere about 7-9”. It had been run over by a car, even had a tire mark on it’s shell. The shell had cracked in two places, looked pretty bad but did not open up. I never saw any bruises anywhere on it. The cracked shell eventually healed on its own without any real help other then making sure it didn’t get infected. So what I’m getting at is that it’s very very unlikely that a dog stepping on a tortoise would cause a bruise.
The theory of the dog stepping on her and bruising her is unlikely in my opinion. Can’t count how many times I’ve accidentally tripped over and stepped on a tortoise because they sneaked up behind me while I was in their enclosure. Nothing came from it. Maybe if it was a young tortoise that still hadn’t developed a strong shell. But this once looks to have a nice strong shell.
A few years ago I rescued a young sulcata. Must have been anywhere about 7-9”. It had been run over by a car, even had a tire mark on it’s shell. The shell had cracked in two places, looked pretty bad but did not open up. I never saw any bruises anywhere on it. The cracked shell eventually healed on its own without any real help other then making sure it didn’t get infected. So what I’m getting at is that it’s very very unlikely that a dog stepping on a tortoise would cause a bruise.
