No, it doesn't smell at all. But it does look a little hollowed out very similar to a tooth cavity. When I first got him I didn't even notice it. I also saw medicines on Amazon that you can feed turtles for shell rot. Any advice on going that route?
Ok, i will post a pic of the brother too. The issue I have with the vet is that I live in the island of Saint Lucia. There isn't the greatest choice of vets here especially ones that specialize in tortoises. I definitely don't want to do any drilling myself but I'm thinking maybe i can clean as...
Where he lives now, he gets lots and lots of sun. Him and his brother were actually given to me a couple months ago. So I'm not sure what their living conditions were like before that. The brother has no signs of it anywhere. Besides the deformity close to his neck I don't see any other issues...
Hello everybody,
One of my young redfoots seems to have a few small holes in it's shell. Is this a form of shell rot? Can anybody tell me the cause and more importantly, a solution? I definitely don't want this getting out of control and want to fix him up asap.
Thanks in advance