Hello all.
I've fostered a few older sulcata's in the past for a few months at a time but hatchlings are completely new to me.. We rescued a hatchling in distress during one of the storms here recently we've been caring for this sweet little baby for about a month now. Things have seemingly been going well no issues with eating, soaking, super active. Sleeps in some weird positions (like half sideways or half perched against things in the enclosure) but nothing has seemed cause for concern until today . little baby flipped over and was struggling to get flipped back the right away so I went to give a little help and noticed what I believe is an abnormality.. Can anyone give me any guidance as to what may be happening on the plastron and how to help it?
I'm uploading a few images for reference.
I've fostered a few older sulcata's in the past for a few months at a time but hatchlings are completely new to me.. We rescued a hatchling in distress during one of the storms here recently we've been caring for this sweet little baby for about a month now. Things have seemingly been going well no issues with eating, soaking, super active. Sleeps in some weird positions (like half sideways or half perched against things in the enclosure) but nothing has seemed cause for concern until today . little baby flipped over and was struggling to get flipped back the right away so I went to give a little help and noticed what I believe is an abnormality.. Can anyone give me any guidance as to what may be happening on the plastron and how to help it?
I'm uploading a few images for reference.