Hello, Ive noticed a discolouration on between the scutes on my 8 year old Marginated Tortoises. Im concerned that this might be Shell rot. Ive included some pictures of his plastron as that is generally recomened to be shown when trying to determine if it is shell rot.
Apologies for the dirt...
I have an 8 years old Marginated Tortoise called Albert.
Today when I went to go and check on him (he sleeps outside in the summer) he had these two small black marks on his shell. I don't know if its a natural chip or if its something I need to take action on like with shell rot.
He has a...
Hello all.
I am Hibernating my Marginated Tortoise this year for the first time and I am confident about everything except for weight. As his species is marginated I havent been able to find any information on a healthy weight for tortoises his size.
I have been fasting him since late november...
Hello all. I am looking in to getting a tortoise in the near future and would like some advice.
Firstly I would like to know what kinds of tortoise my garden could support, I have had my eyes set on a leopard but any will do fine. The dimensions are as follows
The area of grass is slightly...