My tortoise is loosing scales on his tail

Blue_The_Tort

New Member
Joined
Jan 15, 2021
Messages
18
Location (City and/or State)
Ukraine
Hi everyone,

haven’t been on here for a bit, but I sated to notice that my tortoise is loosing his scales on his tip of the tails. So the skin color is not normal anymore. It’s gotten worse and more scales have come off.

would really appreciate if some could help ! ?
 

Attachments

  • image.jpg
    image.jpg
    1.6 MB · Views: 61

Ink

Well-Known Member
Tortoise Club
5 Year Member
Platinum Tortoise Club
Joined
Jun 10, 2016
Messages
2,455
Location (City and/or State)
Virginia
It looks as if the skin is peeling on the leg?
 

Toddrickfl1

Well-Known Member
Tortoise Club
5 Year Member
Platinum Tortoise Club
Joined
Jan 7, 2018
Messages
7,103
Location (City and/or State)
Ga
Hi everyone,

haven’t been on here for a bit, but I sated to notice that my tortoise is loosing his scales on his tip of the tails. So the skin color is not normal anymore. It’s gotten worse and more scales have come off.

would really appreciate if some could help ! ?
Are you using any vitamin/calcium supplements? I've heard over supplementing can cause this I think.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Ink

Yvonne G

Old Timer
TFO Admin
10 Year Member!
Platinum Tortoise Club
Joined
Jan 23, 2008
Messages
93,388
Location (City and/or State)
Clovis, CA
Keep him clean. If you allow poop and pee to stay on skin it's caustic, and burns the skin.
 

Tom

The Dog Trainer
10 Year Member!
Platinum Tortoise Club
Joined
Jan 9, 2010
Messages
63,264
Location (City and/or State)
Southern California
Not a problem I've seen or dealt with. I don't really see anything wrong. How wet is the substrate? Can we see a pic of the enclosure?
 

New Posts

Top