still not eating and brown mark appeared.

GemJam · 10-05-2014, 02:07 PM

Hi, can anyone help identify the brown mark that has appeared on the side and near the mouth of my hermmans tortoise?
I have tried to wipe it away, thinking it might be a bit of pellet. But I can't hold her head to wipe it off.
Am I panicking over nothing?

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r...psz64jr9zi.jpg

GemJam · 10-05-2014, 02:11 PM

I'm also concerned about the indent to her underside (plastron?)
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r...psbdcipfap.jpg

As mentioned before she is on a top soil substrate which is watered every few days and sprayed daily.

Catwoman63 · 10-05-2014, 03:22 PM

Have you got her on cococoir? If so that looks like a stain from that, also the the indent on the plastron looks like just how it's grown, I don't think there's anything to worry about

x

GemJam · 10-05-2014, 03:59 PM

No, she is on top soil.

Her plastron has always been like that, since I got her, but wasn't sure if it was 'normal'.

Catwoman63 · 10-05-2014, 05:30 PM

Looks ok to me

it does look like a substrate stain to me though, doesn't look like anything sinister, try bathing for longer, and a little warmer x

GemJam · 10-05-2014, 06:53 PM

Oh dear, does that mean she is eating the soil?
Is that Ok? Or will it upset her stomach?

I tend to bathe her for 20-30mins, but all she does is constantly try and climb the side to get out.

10-05-2014, 02:07 PM	#1
GemJam Member Incubating Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Leicestershire, UK Posts: 123	still not eating and brown mark appeared. Hi, can anyone help identify the brown mark that has appeared on the side and near the mouth of my hermmans tortoise? I have tried to wipe it away, thinking it might be a bit of pellet. But I can't hold her head to wipe it off. Am I panicking over nothing? http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r...psz64jr9zi.jpg __________________ Gemma 1 Hermanns Tortoise - Hettie

10-05-2014, 02:11 PM	#2
GemJam Member Incubating Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Leicestershire, UK Posts: 123	I'm also concerned about the indent to her underside (plastron?) http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r...psbdcipfap.jpg As mentioned before she is on a top soil substrate which is watered every few days and sprayed daily. __________________ Gemma 1 Hermanns Tortoise - Hettie

10-05-2014, 03:22 PM	#3
Catwoman63 Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: South East England Posts: 6,739	Have you got her on cococoir? If so that looks like a stain from that, also the the indent on the plastron looks like just how it's grown, I don't think there's anything to worry about x __________________ BEV XXX 0.3.0 - T Horsfieldii (Xena, Zelda & Lilly) 2.2.0 - TG Terrestris (Zeus, Astreus / Zagreus & Alexia) 1.2.0 - Zebra Finches (Gunner / Bonnie & May) 0.1.0 - SBT (Hazel) 1.0.0 - FBD (Ted)

10-05-2014, 03:59 PM	#4
GemJam Member Incubating Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Leicestershire, UK Posts: 123	No, she is on top soil. Her plastron has always been like that, since I got her, but wasn't sure if it was 'normal'. __________________ Gemma 1 Hermanns Tortoise - Hettie

10-05-2014, 05:30 PM	#5
Catwoman63 Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: South East England Posts: 6,739	Looks ok to me it does look like a substrate stain to me though, doesn't look like anything sinister, try bathing for longer, and a little warmer x __________________ BEV XXX 0.3.0 - T Horsfieldii (Xena, Zelda & Lilly) 2.2.0 - TG Terrestris (Zeus, Astreus / Zagreus & Alexia) 1.2.0 - Zebra Finches (Gunner / Bonnie & May) 0.1.0 - SBT (Hazel) 1.0.0 - FBD (Ted)

10-05-2014, 06:53 PM	#6
GemJam Member Incubating Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Leicestershire, UK Posts: 123	Oh dear, does that mean she is eating the soil? Is that Ok? Or will it upset her stomach? I tend to bathe her for 20-30mins, but all she does is constantly try and climb the side to get out. __________________ Gemma 1 Hermanns Tortoise - Hettie

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