Scratch marks

maxellis01

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IMG_1660.jpegI was trying to scrape some polish gently off my marginated tortoises shell, and it appears after there are 2 very small scratch marks. They dont look to be deep at all, and im wondering if he'll be okay. It was a complete accident and there was a thread on another forum about scraping it off. So will he be alright or is it something to worry about?
 

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It will be 100% fine. The shell is very sensitive, to the tort so leave it and time will heal. Ensure good diet and set up is provided and calcium is provided and a cuttlefish in the enclosure to aid beak, claw, shell strength.
 

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Yes he will be fine. Now taking advice from another forum, well, that could cause you problems. Most other sites and forum do things the old outdated wrong way.
You want good correct advice, you'd stay with this forum.
 

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