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Originally Posted by Merlin M
due to some extreme business it was an extra couple of days between checking on the tortoises! unfortunately in that time Misha's bulb blew!!
he now has some red on his plastron!!
needless to say I will need to take him urgently to the vet!!
(Amber and Tea are both seeming fine but they had working lights!)
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Lack of UV or heat would not have caused the redness.
It would be either fast growth or septicemia.
More likely to be septicemia if you press the red areas and it gets redder.