shell advice

First time posting on here, I hope I uploaded the pictures properly. A light green spot appeared on my tortoises shell near his head. I tried scrubbing it away with water and a toothbrush. Nothing worked. Then I noticed the other mark closer to his tail. Is this the beginning of shell rot...

Hello everyone! I’m the proud owner of a new baby Hermann named Giuseppe(a). I’m not entirely sure of an exact age but I know their shell is about an inch and a half to two inches in length and that they’re more than likely very young. Tortoise husbandry is a completely new venture for me but...

Hi, One day after soaking, I noticed some sort of discoloration on the belly of my young hermann's tort. Is this shell rot? I keep him in a closed chamber enclosure with ~80% humidity. For substrate, I use mix of peat moss and orchid bark. In terms of behavior, there is no change. He's eating...

Hello My elderly Hermann tortoise (approx 80ish) shell has changed colour. It started changing a year ago a few darker spots on top of shell but today it looks different. Like it’s a little red underneath. He does tend to barge into objects and squeeze under logs especially in warm weather...

Hello! So I have 2 juvenile Herman’s tortoises and they live outside until they start brumating and I bring them inside. This year when I brought them in I didn’t notice these marks on the shell until today they were both awake and walking around so I decided to let them out in their outdoor...

My Turtle has had these white lines showing up over his shell, doesn’t seem to bother him and is still acting normal and eating fine. Just want to know what it is and how to treat it going forward? Thank you!

Last week, I got a Russian Tortoise from Pets 'N Such in Salt Lake City. He has these flaking bits on his shell and I don't know if this is supposed to happen or if it's a problem. This is my first time owning a tortoise and I'm kind of worried.

Hello this is my first time posting here and would like a more experienced persons opinion. I've never owned a tortoise before so I'm just learning. Recently my mother found a tortoise in the garden upside down and she called me to tell me it was a little listless. I told her to soak it in a...

Hello, I noticed recently that my male sulcata, age 7ish, had this small hole? in his shell. He is behaving normally and has been growing a lot if that’s a factor. He doesn’t react at all when I touch it and it doesn’t seem to go very deep. Just want to make sure it isn’t something I need to be...

Hey guys, after soaking my sulcata this morning I saw a bunch of reddish-pink on the underside of his shell. I am so worried its shell rot or an infection if anybody could give me some info?? I also attached a photo where you can see the top of his shell.

hello just wanted to ask if my little guy's shell is looking ok? im not sure if the slight dips between his scutes are just normal shape or possibly early sign of pyramiding. he's about 2. thank you.

Hi all, First time poster here. I have a 1 year and 9 month old sulcata that I love. She lives in a covered enclosure in my grassy backyard that is pretty big. I put the enclosure next to a vine bush that has totally covered the top of her wire enclosure which is pretty cool because it shades...

Hello everyone, I'm new here and joined the forum to help my aunt find some answers about concerns she has for her 4 year old sulcata. Her tortoise has recently developed some new spacing and texturing along the sutures of her shell. She has sent along some photos that I'll post below. The...

I noticed this while I was giving my 3 yr old sulcata a bath. Towards the bottom of her shell, does it look a bit dented, or is this normal? Kinda looks like how humans have a waistline. She's on a diet of primarily romaine, grass, carrots, and dandelions, with a soak once a week.

Hiya everybody! Today I noticed a change to my boys shell. Could anyone confirm if his shell is healthy or if there is anything we could change to promote his diet or lifestyle. We bathe him every other day at the moment and had a mixture of salads and occasional supplementary foods to boost...

Hello! (This is a long one, sorry.) I am in need of some advice/recommendations on an ill baby redfoot. I received Walter, my redfoot tortoise, on January 24th. He hatched on December 1, 2023. I got him from Southern Reptiles. The first few months I had him, he was doing very well; eating...

Hello tortoise friends! New to the forum and hoping you can share your vast tortoise-y knowledge! I'm in panic mode right now! I got this little guy a few months ago, hatched July 2022. I was looking back at his weigh in day pics and noticed his spinal scutes are progressively moving off to...

Hello all. I am new here but not new to the turtle world. That being said I have learned a lot and now that I have learned more I have been changing the care and enclosure for our Musk Turtle "Max". We got hom as a captive bred hatchling about 10 years ago. I am open to taking him to the exotic...

little guy was sitting on a cucumber he hid and now he he this spot. i’ve been using chlorohexadine 2% to scrub it off but it seems like the scutes are separating/ lifting where the circle meets both. i need recommendations on what to do. thanks.