Tortoise Wart Update

[tropicaltink81]

hi i posted a thread about a wort on my torts neck under its chin WELL>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
i have rang up my local vet's the put me on to the nurse lol and she filled me in on some info,she asked if it looked like a skin tag and i was shocked and felt a prat for calling it a wort as it is more of a skin tag,
she said its likley to be a skin tag as the positioning of it is were he is going in and out of his shell i feel a little better kinda knowing what it is she said bathe him every day as he will be sheding skin but horsfields are slower for wot ever reason?

i am going to a place called northeast exotics in middlesbrough 2 nite when my partners home from work the fella said he would take a look at squirt if i take him along,

i also asked about bedding and he said they use bark chipps when selling tortoise and set ups he said they are priced at £3 for 5 litre or 10 litre for £5

can i use the bark as i want to get him off swadust?

could i use wood chip? another person said use this

 

[Saedcantas]

Please, please, please dont use woodchip or bark of any kind with your tortoise.

They are clumsy in their eating habits, they're more than happy to walk food all over the viv and then pick it back up with a mouthful of substrate.

Even one wood chipping could seriously injure your tortoise internally and if you werent aware that it had happened, he could die. Either way you'd be looking at completely avoidable upset and a big vets bill.

I'd still recommend you have him properly checked out as a skin tag on a young tortoise seems unlikely to me.
I work with dozens of tortoises some even as old as around 100 and I've never seen one with a skin tag.

Lotte*

PS: You could put all of your questions and such in one topic you know! Or even reply to all of the responses you've gotten.

 

[tropicaltink81]

ok thanks for that im geting him checked 2 nite will reply and update u

 

[tropicaltink81]

OK BELOW IS A LISAT OF SHOPS I HAVE RANG LOCAL TO ME AND THEIR RECOMENDATIONS AS TO WHAT THEY USE ON THEIR TORTOISES

ANIMAL ANTICS MIDDLESBROUGH USE BEECH CHIPS 2KG FOR £3.00
NOHAS ARK BEECH CHIPS2KG £350
ANIMAL ANTICS BARK CHIPPINGS
GUISBOROUGH PETS BEECH CHIPPINGS 1KG £2.00
PETSHOP MARSKE RED SEED? 10 LITRE £2.75
*HEMP 12L £2.99
MED CHIP BAIL £28.00
BREED ABOVE MEDDOW HAY £4.95 1KG
PETMANIA REPTILE HOUSE BEECH CHIPS THEY ASPIN DUST EXTRACTOR??
2.7KG £5.75 *HEMP £3.99
JASPERS PETS 1KG BEECH CHIPS £1.50 2KG £3.00
TROPICAL HOUSE CORK BARK CITRUS £5.75?

OK I DONT HAVE MUCH CHOICE WHAT DO I GO FOR

 

[Saedcantas]

If those are your choices a mixture of Hemp bedding and meadow hay as bedding and food will do fine

Also, The best place for reptile stuff in your area is Billingham Aquatics their number is - 01642 360058

 

[Buslady]

The recommended bedding for Russian tortoises is bed-a-beast (compressed coconut bark) and play sand with one end of the enclosure with a pile of good hay like Bermuda grass hay, anything except alfalfa which is not good for them

The bump under the chin should be looked at by a reptile vet only. He could have an infection, abscess or who knows what!

What's a skin tag? A microchip? Those are put into the legs, not the head area.

 

[Saedcantas]

A skin tag is something humans and dogs get fairly often, I suspect the lady who suggested it was not familiar with exotics.

It's good to see you're getting sound advice on Reptileforums.co.uk aswell

 

[tropicaltink81]

the skin tag/wart is geting looked at on friday
i took him to a reptile dude in middlesbrough and he said looks like a reptile skin tag and i rang vets and she said sounds like a skin tag she said bathe him and bring him in onf riday

 

[tropicaltink81]

i have tried to take some pics of him and the mystery growth, o have loaded them to photo bucket or wot ever its called

http/s266.photobucket.com/albums/ii247/t...nt=PICT1237.jpg

try looking at that link its the best one with a clear pic i dont know how to use that site but im
tropicaltink81 if you can search through my pics you might see more

 

[Buslady]

i have tried to take some pics of him and the mystery growth, o have loaded them to photo bucket or wot ever its called

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try looking at that link its the best one with a clear pic i dont know how to use that site but im
tropicaltink81 if you can search through my pics you might see more

oh okay a little like drop of skin hanging from him. I wouldn't worry about it. either way a vet checks always nice so you know he's doing well. bring in a poo sample to check for internal parasites and he can be debugged. Just about all RT's are WC and full of things

 

[tropicaltink81]

hi it was a skintag he is also under weight not been cared for properly by other ownerd and his shell was 2 soft so i need to fatten him up and use nutrabol more on a daily basis for a month then take him back


how can i fatten him up

 

[Buslady]

hi it was a skintag he is also under weight not been cared for properly by other ownerd and his shell was 2 soft so i need to fatten him up and use nutrabol more on a daily basis for a month then take him back


how can i fatten him up

Not literally fatten him cos you don't want him tight in the shell. Just keep feeding him his vegetation with supplements, outside "walks" and a fruit treat.

 

[Saedcantas]

A fruit treat???

Horsfields are completely unsuited to the level of readily available sugars in any fruit and it will do him no good at all to have even a little in his diet.
Otherwise, absolutely right, he just needs good consistent growth from a healthy diet in moderate amounts