https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/clinical-questions/24624/tortoise-mass I&#39;m hoping for some more expert help with this. Oscar is a male Hermanns tortoise, at least 30 years old, who I saw last year with a swelling on the lateral aspect of the left fore limb. It was non painful on examination, and not impeding his movementen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/163086?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 26 Jul 2016 21:47:34 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:c6f0d1bc-9fd1-4070-89ad-d49c7958cb9bJoyce Whitehead<p>Thanks very much Marie, that&#39;s really useful. I&#39;ll try to have a word with the owners, but as is often the case with these, I may be losing the battle, as their main concern was to see if it seemed painful. I&#39;ll recheck on the night time temperatures especially, although I&#39;m pretty sure they have heat then. Yorkshire has been warm this week, but not Mediterranean all year....&nbsp;<img src="/emoticons/v2/Happy_smiley.png" alt="Happy" /></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/163084?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 26 Jul 2016 20:42:37 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:9961be04-b7b2-40b0-a780-198b957c09e4Marie Kubiak<p>Abscesses are most common, neoplasia is surprisingly rare in tortoises though occasional sarcomas do pop up. I&#39;d be tempted to open it up and take biopsies for culture and histo (including acid fast stains as reptiles can get atypical mycobacterial granulomas). If you find a big plug of caseous debris then it is easy to clear out en bloc but I&#39;d still want to do further testing as if it recurs after clearance you&#39;re back to square one.</p> <p>Marie</p> <p>P.s. garden situation isn&#39;t great unless they have a special pocket of mediterranean climate so this tortoise is likely chronically immunosuppressed and will need confining to warm quarters (range of 20-35C during day, 18-22C overnight) with UVB light.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>