Tortoise face is peeling
Feb 11, 2015. Messages. 48,227. Location (City and/or State) Fes, Morocco. I can't see properly as the picture is too small for my old eyes, but it seems to be just shedding a scale or two. Tortoises shed skin in bits and pieces, not as single cells like us or the whole skin at once like a snake. This can make them look positively ragged at times.
Injury to tort’s face | Tortoise Forum
Jun 25, 2018 · One of my tortoises has done something to his face. I’m not quite sure if the part in question is his beak or adjacent scale but it has been lifted up. When I push down it doesn’t move back in place. If I lift up a bit it is loose in the upward direction. This seems like it could get a lot worse if he catches it on something, right?
Itching Face - Tortoise Forum
Feb 15, 2021 · Location (City and/or State) South Yorkshire, England. Hey all! My gorgeous Sheldon is a Hermann and is only 15 month old. Today I noticed Sheldon pulling his head into his shell and rubbing his face up on to his arm. He seams to have done this multiple times and on both sides of his face. As I say, it’s only today I’ve noticed and maybe he ...
White spot on face? (marginated) - Tortoise Forum
Jan 21, 2014 · She has a white spot on her face that takes up a whole scale on her left cheek. Having looked at pictures from the first day I got her, I can confirm that she did have it then and it has not developed recently. I think I might just be noticing it more now as she's starting to grow, but it has got bigger and today the scale covering it seemed to ...
Cleaning tortoises face | Tortoise Forum
Nov 11, 2020 · I feed my hatchling and adult leopard tortoises Mazuri Tortoise Diet LS (smaller 1/4" pellets) and have no problems with it clinging to their mouths or face as long as they don't get over-soaked and mushy. I think this is an excellent diet for grassland tortoises and seems to have more visible natural grass fiber in it than the standard Mazuri ...
Help! My tortoise has a swollen cheek | Tortoise Forum
Aug 21, 2020. Messages. 6. Location (City and/or State) California. My baby sulcata tortoise has a swollen side of his face. At first it was just black and then it started to get swollen. He seems irritated by it and brushed his face with his arm.
Possible cut on tortoises face? | Tortoise Forum
Jul 30, 2018 · Hi all! I'm a tortoise noob, and I was wondering if anyone could help me out. I think Trudy has some kind of wound on her face, but I'm not sure. Today we went out in the backyard for a few hours. I always watch her when we're outside. She just walked around in the grass. When I picked her up to take her inside, I noticed a dark red substance ...
Possibly peeling on face.. normal?? | Tortoise Forum
Oct 9, 2007 · Messages. My Russian Tortoise seems like he is peeling on his right cheek. He lets me touch it and poke at him to see if anything is wrong. I gave him a long soak to see if it would soften the skin to fall off naturally, as he does rub his cheeks with his front legs sometimes. Well if hasnt come off and i dont want to pull it off in case i hurt ...
Scales peeling off on face? - Tortoise Forum
Aug 13, 2017 · Location (City and/or State) Hi guys! My 3 mo old Russian looks like she has some skin peeling off of her face, right under her mouth there. I've attached some pictures of what it looks like. Her head is dark but this patch is lighter and looks flaky. I soak her everyday and I have her in cypress mulch that I wet pretty often with two heat bulbs.
Leopard tortoise face scale missing
Mar 9, 2014 · Leopard tortoise face scale missing. Thread starter Jinxtheclown; Start date Mar 9, 2014; Mar 9, 2014 #1 J.