Tortoise problem

[tatters]

Any vets or exoistic animals experts on here?


I just giving our 120y old felmale tortoise a pile of lettuce and tomatoes and notice while she was eating that her tounge was a dark red/black colour when its normaly light red like our tounges, could it be some form of infection?

The 50 years that my family have had its never had any health problems in the past only the odd damage on the edge of the shell





Can,t get a pic of the tounge but here she is:
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[Icey]

Eeeeek!

You've not just been feeding her lettuce and tomato? Tomato is okay occasionally. What type of Lettuce have you been feeding her?

Get yourself to www.shelledwarriors.co.uk

Lovely tortie tho, but not as pretty as my Lemon

Do you know what species she is?
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[TheShaggyDA]

Giver her a treat - a bit of sanding, a respray and some tarty anodised bits, she'll be well chuffed
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[Itchy]

thats weird , stink's gone missing , he usually answers all these animal type posts , maybe he got wise to the fact he was putting other vets out of business by giving free consults online.
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[Itchy]

yeah I know he is , and used to give lots of free consults online to people I'm saying that maybe he thought he was putting other vets out of business by giving out free professional vets advice on the BCF
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[tatters]

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[Ork12]

Tortoises rock, whats its name?

[tatters]

Tommy, only found out a few years ago that he was a she
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[jay_666]

Thats Ace! I once looked after a small tortoise a few years ago, was well cool

Why, in the 2nd pic, is its back leg blurred?
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[Ork12]

its going really fast, motion blur init

[chrisw]

That could be a very poorly Tort....

[chrisw]

Check this website out aswell.

https://www.tortoisetrust.org/

You really need to get her Identified - then you can provide the right diet.

Also, could you possibly get any pictures of her underneath. Thanks

Icey

[lozzypop1]

[Icey]

Tatters - Hope you don't mind but I asked on the Tort forum, they've come up with some possiblities of what your tortoise could be.

https://forums.shelledwarriors.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=229
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[tatters]

Cheers icey, Roaming around the garden every spring/summer must be were shes getting here calucium from as we,ve got quite a large garden with a lot of plant beds full of dandyloins.

Here those pics you wanted, can you stick them on the shelled warroirs fourm as well please.



(The phone is put on the shell every year because shes escaped a few times in the pass).
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[Icey]

Hey Tatters,

Posted your pictures and you have some more answers Looks like they've been able to identify her as a graeca graeca.

Icey
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[Lawnie]

Tortoises can be funny things... one summer we gave some kiwi fruit to ours, and he wouldn't touch anything else up until he was put in hibernation next!

[senna_f4]

Hi, sorry not a vet and of no help

Tatters how did you take a picture of the bottom, did you tip it upside down
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[Icey]

[Lawnie]

Here's ours:

[Icey]

He's cute! Has he got a name? How old is he?
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[Lawnie]

His name is Terrence and he is in his mid 50s

I didn't realise Tortoise owners were this common...

I like Lemon's colours

[Icey]

Thanks He's the blondest Russian I've seen.

Tort owners are everywhere nowadays! They've become popular again it seems! I've wanted one since I was young, my Great Aunt had one, but he got stolen
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