Shell Rot?

Hello all! I'm writing to ask for your advice. I notice a few white spots in my red foot tortoise a couple of days ago and I don't know if it's shell rot or not. There hasn't been any changes on her behavior, except for "yawning" every now and then that I read is related to something bothering her. I really don't know what could be bothering her, the temperature on her enclosure sits at 30C on the day and ~22C at night. She has a hotter spot (we got a heating patch) and plenty of water (on the opposite side of the hot spot). She has a cave for hiding and a little "hill" behind her cave for her to "play" (she really likes it). We give her kale and spring mix mixed with tortoise pellets (from the pet store) and once a week we give hear a bit of strawberry. We've tried melon, tomato and cucumber but she doesn't like them, so we're sticking to the strawberry (which she loves).

I'm attaching some pictures.

Any advice?

Shell rot gets started because the tortoise is sitting in wet poop/pee/substrate, so, in that vein, shell rot is mostly on the plastron, not on the carapace. Your little white spots may just be the start of marbling, or a colorful pattern to the shell like this:

Thanks for the feedback! That’s a relief!

Yvonne G said:

Shell rot gets started because the tortoise is sitting in wet poop/pee/substrate, so, in that vein, shell rot is mostly on the plastron, not on the carapace. Your little white spots may just be the start of marbling, or a colorful pattern to the shell like this:

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Learning something myself !

I have a redfoot who didn't start marbling until she was 2-1/2 years old. That was a surprise.

Have you had her since a baby? She has a lot of pyramiding. Increasing humidity will help to prevent it from continuing