Question
My Tortoise Rocky
You see, i just bought a tortoise with my Christmas money... He is 7 months. i feed him mostly lettuce and sometimes corn and carrots and Vegi's like tht. he doesn't seem to like fruits. well he is starting to get this dry skin stuff around his eyes. it doesn't look like shedding skin or anything its just flakey really dry looking stuff. im not sure what it is or how to help it. Ive been giving him warm baths like it said to do online..My sister thinks maybe he is alergic to something and my mom thinks maybe the bedding we got him called "Desert Blend" Ground English Walnut Shells has something to do with it. I really just want to know if i can do anything to help it or if it is bad or not. Plz can u help me?
AnswerThat could be any of several species. It looks a little like a Desert Tortoise, which would be unfortunate as they are highly regulated.
As I said in the first note, you may want to try the http://www.tortoiseforum.org site and see if anyone there can help you ID him.