Hi,
i posted a while ago (month and a half) about my juvenile redfoot (3.5" maybe) having a fungal infection on his plastron. after treatment, everything cleared up and his activity and "social" behavior multiplied ten fold.
over the weekend i had to leave town so left him in the care of my neighbor (this concern doesnt seem to have anything to do with what the neighbor could have done). I checked him before we left and everything seemed fine. the weather has been getting alot warmer in chicago the last week, and i assumed that this factored into the tortoise having a little less activity.
this evening i took him out to inspect him and noticed something just aweful. one of the scutes on his plastron seems to be angled inward (into his body) on the inner side of the scute. This does not seem to be result of impact or anything of the sort...no external damage, bleeding...nothing. the cartilage (?) that runs along the center of the plastron seems to be stretched a little to accomidate the depressed scute.
please please, if you have any idea what is going on. we are moving in a week and anything that needs to be done needs to be done NOW. i am really concered about this. after keeping turts/torts for 15 years i have never seen anything like this.
thank you in advace,
matthew
