I had this leopard tortoise for over 2 years now therefore he should be approximately 6-7 years old. I give my tortoise a bath about twice a week and I gave him one this afternoon. He had some crusted poop on his tail and on the plaston ( he has this habit of pooping and then sleeping on it) so I used a babies toothbrush to scrub it off. I've been doing this method ever since I first got him. After the bath I dried him off and placed him back in his habitat. When I come home after work I took him back out again to let him walk around. When I did that a noticed that the bottom of his shell was a little wet so I turned him over and had a look. There was some sort of liquid coming from it appears between two of the scutes closest to his tail. I thought it was just leftover water from the bath or he had just peed but when I dried it with a piece of tissue I noticed it had a faint pinkish tint (blood?) The area around the scutes where the liquid was coming from was very faint pink and I know it wasn't like that before the bath. After 20 or so min I looked again as the bottom and there was again some liquid. Could I have accidentally scrubbed too hard and injured him? I'm quite worried about this because I couldn't find any similar information online.
I hope somebody here knows whats happening and if its a serious problem
I hope somebody here knows whats happening and if its a serious problem