michaelbogo
New Member
Hello fellow Tortoise lovers! Overly concerned tortoise papa here just trying to get some opinions on my baby Sulcata.
His name is herby and he/she is roughly 4 months old. I have recently noticed some slight redness on his front right leg and neck area but no where else have we noticed it. We immediately started googling and of course I assume the worst and thought it was possibly Septicemia. We have a vet visit scheduled in on September 4th as a checkup, but I wanted to make sure we didn't need to get him in to see the vet any sooner.
He is constantly running around, eating well, and digging in is pelletized grass bedding, so his activity levels are high! I feed him a combination of leafy greens, zucchini, cucumbers, aloe vera, diced celery and green beans with the occasional couple of green peas as a treat. We give him calcium supplements sprinkled on to his food once a week and we soak him in shallow lukewarm water every other day for ~5 minutes. The warm side of his 20gal tank is consistently at about 95F while the cool side is at room temp ~70-78F. He also eats his feces every once in a while when I am not home, hence the dark spots.
I have attached some pics of the redness and under his shell as well. Let me know what you think! Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
Here are the pics:
His name is herby and he/she is roughly 4 months old. I have recently noticed some slight redness on his front right leg and neck area but no where else have we noticed it. We immediately started googling and of course I assume the worst and thought it was possibly Septicemia. We have a vet visit scheduled in on September 4th as a checkup, but I wanted to make sure we didn't need to get him in to see the vet any sooner.
He is constantly running around, eating well, and digging in is pelletized grass bedding, so his activity levels are high! I feed him a combination of leafy greens, zucchini, cucumbers, aloe vera, diced celery and green beans with the occasional couple of green peas as a treat. We give him calcium supplements sprinkled on to his food once a week and we soak him in shallow lukewarm water every other day for ~5 minutes. The warm side of his 20gal tank is consistently at about 95F while the cool side is at room temp ~70-78F. He also eats his feces every once in a while when I am not home, hence the dark spots.
I have attached some pics of the redness and under his shell as well. Let me know what you think! Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
Here are the pics: