porely tortoise white spot on tongue

tortoiselady · 27-02-2011, 10:24 AM

hi a friend of mine has porely horsfield tortoise it has a white spot on its tongue ,and is not eating much , pooing fine and weeing ,weeds diet but worried about this white spot any advice would be helpfull , tortoise is about 1 years old and lives in table top with the right heating and lighting, her other tortoise is fine so i told her to split them up ,thanks in advance also it seams to be dribbling from one side of its mouth where the white spot is ,please help

Helen M · 27-02-2011, 11:38 AM

Could be a fungal mouth infection.. Possibly

Helen xx

tortoiselady · 27-02-2011, 11:45 AM

any idea what to use to get rid of it

Box girl · 27-02-2011, 12:18 PM

Diluted Betadine wash around the mouth once a day for about 7 days.

tortoiselady · 27-02-2011, 12:27 PM

thanks alot but where do i get this stuff from

Helen M · 27-02-2011, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by tortoiselady

thanks alot but where do i get this stuff from

Seen it in lots of online shops. It's a vetark product I believe

Helen xx

tortoiselady · 01-03-2011, 08:47 AM

vets today

**Bindi** · 01-03-2011, 08:51 AM

That's good, well done for telling her to separate them as well, just to be on the safe side. Let us know how your friend gets on

tortoiselady · 01-03-2011, 10:22 PM

vets today , advice given bath regually and use iodine tinctue on cotton bud on tongue on affected area twice daily .you can buy from chemist for just over a pound , fingers crossed

yagyujubei · 01-03-2011, 11:32 PM

Be very careful with the iodine.

27-02-2011, 10:24 AM	#1
tortoiselady Member Incubating Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: leicester Posts: 223	porely tortoise white spot on tongue hi a friend of mine has porely horsfield tortoise it has a white spot on its tongue ,and is not eating much , pooing fine and weeing ,weeds diet but worried about this white spot any advice would be helpfull , tortoise is about 1 years old and lives in table top with the right heating and lighting, her other tortoise is fine so i told her to split them up ,thanks in advance also it seams to be dribbling from one side of its mouth where the white spot is ,please help

27-02-2011, 12:18 PM	#4
Box girl Senior Member Sub Adult Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Glos Posts: 1,326	Diluted Betadine wash around the mouth once a day for about 7 days. __________________ www.ukchelonia.info Money raised to Allwetter Zoo Muenster e6000 sent so far. Have bred-red foots, yellow foots, eastern box, 3 toed box, ornate box, gulf coast box, common musk, elongated tortoise, red eared terrapin, cuora flavomarginata, cuora amboinensis, hermanns tortoise, horsfield tortoise, rhinoclemys.p. manni, european pond turtle, reeves and spurs

01-03-2011, 08:51 AM	#8
Bindi Super Moderator Adult Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Hampshire Posts: 11,157	That's good, well done for telling her to separate them as well, just to be on the safe side. Let us know how your friend gets on __________________

27-02-2011, 11:38 AM	#2
Helen M Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 2,362	Could be a fungal mouth infection.. Possibly Helen xx

27-02-2011, 11:45 AM	#3
tortoiselady Member Incubating Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: leicester Posts: 223	any idea what to use to get rid of it

27-02-2011, 12:27 PM	#5
tortoiselady Member Incubating Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: leicester Posts: 223	thanks alot but where do i get this stuff from

01-03-2011, 08:47 AM	#7
tortoiselady Member Incubating Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: leicester Posts: 223	vets today

01-03-2011, 10:22 PM	#9
tortoiselady Member Incubating Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: leicester Posts: 223	vets today , advice given bath regually and use iodine tinctue on cotton bud on tongue on affected area twice daily .you can buy from chemist for just over a pound , fingers crossed

01-03-2011, 11:32 PM	#10
yagyujubei Member Incubating Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Homerville, Ohio, USA Posts: 119	Be very careful with the iodine.

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