The substrate is coco peat only. I put her in indoor enclosure, with 12 hour/day 25 watt uvb lamp. It's rainy season here, temp around 24-31⁰ celcius (75-87⁰F), humidity around 75%. Main diet mazuri pellets, with a little bit of timothy hay. Water soak twice a week.
A friend said it's a scratch...
Hi, I just noticed two red orangey spots on my tortoise's head, they're on the both side of the head, near the ears... I tried to (gently) scrap the spots but nothing came off... she's eating well and doesn't seem bothered by it. Is it normal?
Thanks for your reply, we rush to a vet (although not a herp vet, we couldn't find one in my town) right away, she said that Pota (it got a name now ^^) is indeed has edema...
But she said Pota is fine nevertheless, it just need some calcium suplement periodically...
I did my best to adjust it's...
Hi, i got this sulcata for cheap from an auction, then i realized that it's plastron is bloating (at first, but it's not bloating right now), and it can't retract the hind legs fully inside the shell... It's eating well and moving around just fine...
So is it just fat? Or it's sick?
Oh, i...