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Hi all, last fall I posted a photo of my young Aldabra tortoise Uncle Bri who had a small split or crack on his plastron. I am reposting that photo with a new photo taken today at the vet. I have been watching it over the months and it while it is not a through crack it is getting larger and clearly is not healing itself. My vet, who i love, is a little baffled and in her quick research found no information on cracks like this that are not "injuries". She is posting this photo that she took to a vet website to gather feedback. The split is not oozing anything or discolored.
I want to cast the net wider still and see you all think. Uncle Bri is otherwise healthy, growing and eating like crazy, active and alert. He is 2 years 10 months old and about 18 pounds.
Assuming i will not heal on its own, what can we do? some sort of epoxy bandage? Are there issues with the age of the tort and the tremendous growth rate?
Note that the photo with the ruler was taken today, June 30th, 2015, the other photo Oct 2014.
Thanks all in advance!
I want to cast the net wider still and see you all think. Uncle Bri is otherwise healthy, growing and eating like crazy, active and alert. He is 2 years 10 months old and about 18 pounds.
Assuming i will not heal on its own, what can we do? some sort of epoxy bandage? Are there issues with the age of the tort and the tremendous growth rate?
Note that the photo with the ruler was taken today, June 30th, 2015, the other photo Oct 2014.
Thanks all in advance!