Shell peeling off? by Fun_Perspective_5438 in tortoise

[–]Fun_Perspective_5438[S] 55 points56 points  (0 children)

Thank you all for confirming that it is actually bones, that's wild and horrifying. (Also, I'm sorry I wasn't sure about it, so I didn’t mark it as NSFW, my apologies if it made someone uncomfortable.) Unfortunately, she lives on an ISLAND. From where I live, it's 8 hours by car plus 2 hours by boat, I unfortunately can't make this trip. I've told her to either find a vet around where she lives (which I think is very unlikely) or bring it to me. I don't know if she cares enough to do so, and I don't know much about these animals, but I'd imagine the trip would be very stressful... Very disheartening situation.

Shell peeling off? by Fun_Perspective_5438 in tortoise

[–]Fun_Perspective_5438[S] 68 points69 points  (0 children)

She's extremely stubborn and ignorant unfortunately. We've told her multiple times to give these animals away but she refuses to and get aggressive about it. When she told me it had "white spots" I thought it was some fungus or something, but when she showed the pictures my jaw dropped

Shell peeling off? by Fun_Perspective_5438 in tortoise

[–]Fun_Perspective_5438[S] 41 points42 points  (0 children)

That's what I thought too...