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The treatment is very effective. See my update for my post. http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread-My-baby-redfoot-s-scales-turn-white?pid=447825#pid447825

Your guys are correct. The baby tortoises have rotten shell as well as fungi infection on their skins (which causes white scales). Following some of you's suggestions, we treated the torts as follows, 1.Disinfect the shell with a general antiseptic：Betadine (povidone-iodine) 2.wash...

I tried to wash and brush the tort, and I am not sure if the white (or light yellow) scale was caused by something not clean. Anyway, I posted two pictures, before and after brushing. The background of the pictures are a little different, and they may be hard to compare to each other. I...

Thank you N2TORTS and other friends. I tried to wash and brush the tort, and I am not sure if the white (or light yellow) scale was caused by something not clean. Anyway, I posted two pictures, before and after brushing. The background of the pictures are a little different, and they may...

My baby cherry has a very similar problem. Her scales are turning white/light color and she grows slower than the other male cherry tort. I really don't know why this happens. See my post before : http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread-My-baby-redfoot-s-scales-turn-white#axzz1sJtxST7u

Update : A month ago I took her to a vet, and now she is very healthy. The vet first check her fecal, but did not find a significant level of parasites, which was unexpected. However the vet still treated the tort with metronidazole and Vitamin B (to stimulate her appetite). Also the vet...

Hi guys, I have two baby cherryhead redfoot torts, about 6-8 months old (55 grams), maybe a male and a female (not sure about sex). Recently I found the female one has some white scales on her hands and legs. While the male one doesn't have these. They live in the same box with the same...

Guys, When your torts get parasites, where do you get Flagyl ? Do I have to take my torts to the vet and get this medicine ? Thanks. [/size]

Hi guys, Thank you all for the patient answers. I appreciate all of them. To answer some of your questions, the humidity is over 70%, sometimes 80%, and the temperature is about 24 degree (C). So these two factors should be fine ? Some updated symptoms for the baby I was worrying about: I...

Hi guys, I just got two baby cherryheads for a week. They are 6 cm long (a little more than 2''). I soaked them every morning with warm water, and the temperature and humidity are fine. I used cypress mixed with some substrate brick as their bedding. But the thing is, one of them is perfectly...

Guys, I emailed the seller in Cameroon back and forth, and he told me that he is going to apply a kind of permit called CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora ), and this will clear the customs. Right now let's not worry about if this is fraud...

I am looking for radiated tortoises. Babies and juveniles are more desired. If you are selling radiated, please reply me or email me at [email protected]. Please also indicate the price, age, size, etc. Emails with photos will be appreciated. Thanks. Ross

I see. Thanks. The first several posts from a new person have to be approved before they are posted. This protects the forum from bots and other problems. This is explained in the introduction forum- http://www.tortoiseforum.org/Thread-Please-read-before-making-your-first-post#axzz1lI6pecNS...

Hi everyone, I am Ross. I am new here. I am in Iowa. I don't have a tortoise yet. But I love them so much and am looking for a radiated tortoise. I already have the house for it/them. Glad to make friends here.

Dear everyone, I am totally new here. I tried to post several times, but I don't think I did it right... I have a question here about purchasing radiated tortoises. I was looking for radiated online and found somebody who claimed he sells radiated tortoises but he is in Cameroon. He...