My tortoise has red fluid or blood on its shell. Is it an emergency?

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My tortoise has what appears to be fluids (red so probably blood) in between carapace and plastron. Closest thing I could find online to what it looks like was someone posting about their tortoise falling of a hide log and sustaining trauma, but my enclosure doesn't have anything to fall off of. It doesn't look like shell rot that I've seen before. About 2 weeks prior it started rubbing it's head on it's legs and it's skin seemed dry so I feed it more romain lettuce and soaked it a bit more.

Angel Alvarado, LVT · Accepted Answer

That redness may indicate severe infection. Cooper needs to be physically examined by your veterinarian or an experienced herp vet as soon as possible. If infection is confirmed, she can be started on antibiotics immediately.

My tortoise has red fluid or blood on its shell. Is it an emergency?

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