White and black spots on tortoise hind legs
Posted: 03 Mar 2021, 17:03
Hello again, I wish everyone here is good!
I was away for some time and I gave my two tortoises to my mom to take care of them while I was away.
Today I returned home and I changed the whole enclosure, putting new soil because mom told me she didn’t do it and it started to stink a bit. Since I was changing everything, I took them out of the enclosure to give them a quick soak. I wanted to give them a scrub with my brush and I noticed something off. On one of my tortoises, I saw that the black patches I thought were dirt, did not went away. I took a closer look and I saw that in the middle of this black patches on the butt and hind legs, there are a few white spots.
So my question is: is it something dangerous or it’s just normal coloration changes and patterns in the tortoise? Do I need to take her to the vet, since the other one has a more uniform color while this one changes so much?
Thank you!
I was away for some time and I gave my two tortoises to my mom to take care of them while I was away.
Today I returned home and I changed the whole enclosure, putting new soil because mom told me she didn’t do it and it started to stink a bit. Since I was changing everything, I took them out of the enclosure to give them a quick soak. I wanted to give them a scrub with my brush and I noticed something off. On one of my tortoises, I saw that the black patches I thought were dirt, did not went away. I took a closer look and I saw that in the middle of this black patches on the butt and hind legs, there are a few white spots.
So my question is: is it something dangerous or it’s just normal coloration changes and patterns in the tortoise? Do I need to take her to the vet, since the other one has a more uniform color while this one changes so much?
Thank you!