Ibera Greek rotten shell? HELP

[Newbie Ibera Greek tort]

So my Ibera Greek tortoise is about 1. I noticed on the bottom of his shell he was some brown patches. I am kind of panicking is this healthy. Should I take him to the exotic pet doc?

 

[wellington]

No vet is needed. If his top layer of substrate is wet then let it dry out and wet the bottom layers by pouring warm water in the corners so it dampens the underneath substrate and not the top.
Get some OTC antifungal cream like aold for athletes foot and put it on the spots daily until gone.

 

[Newbie Ibera Greek tort]

No vet is needed. If his top layer of substrate is wet then let it dry out and wet the bottom layers by pouring warm water in the corners so it dampens the underneath substrate and not the top.
Get some OTC antifungal cream like aold for athletes foot and put it on the spots daily until gone.

Thank you I’m so relieved. I got the reptifogger from tortoise town so should I not use that.

 

[wellington]

Wouldn't use a fogger. The best is to just wet the under layers as stated. With proper temps and damp underneath, it should keep him healthy and humidity up.

 

[Newbie Ibera Greek tort]

Wouldn't use a fogger. The best is to just wet the under layers as stated. With proper temps and damp underneath, it should keep him healthy and humidity up.

Okay thank you. Can his shell wait a few days until I can get to a store to get the cream.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Okay thank you. Can his shell wait a few days until I can get to a store to get the cream.

What cream?
Anti fungal (Athletes foot) cream is for shell fungus issues.
I don't see any fungus.

 

[wellington]

What cream?
Anti fungal (Athletes foot) cream is for shell fungus issues.
I don't see any fungus.

I suggested putting it on the two brown spots on the bottom of the shell incase it was fungus as they hadn't noticed it before.
Treating it incase would not hurt seeing they don't really know I take it if its always been there and it doesn't look like normal brown spots too me.

 

[Newbie Ibera Greek tort]

What cream?
Anti fungal (Athletes foot) cream is for shell fungus issues.
I don't see any fungus.

Well then what are those spots there growing bigger and there soft and a tad bit of blood.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

I suggested putting it on the two brown spots on the bottom of the shell incase it was fungus as they hadn't noticed it before.
Treating it incase would not hurt seeing they don't really know I take it if its always been there and it doesn't look like normal brown spots too me.

I've got to stay off the forum without my glasses

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Well then what are those spots there growing bigger and there soft and a tad bit of blood.

I see them zoomed in. The rest of the plastron also seems strangely translucent.
I've seen a lot of shell fungus. But never had blood associated with it. And softness should only be in those two areas.
If it is fungal, the athletes foot cream will kill it very quickly.
If it's a microbial issue, it won't be affected by the cream and will continue. If that happens, I'd see a veterinarian.

 

[Newbie Ibera Greek tort]

I see them zoomed in. The rest of the plastron also seems strangely translucent.
I've seen a lot of shell fungus. But never had blood associated with it. And softness should only be in those two areas.
If it is fungal, the athletes foot cream will kill it very quickly.
If it's a microbial issue, it won't be affected by the cream and will continue. If that happens, I'd see a veterinarian.

Okay thank you. He seems healthy he is active and eats. The translucent part may be because he’s only 1 and still growing. I hope it’s because he is a baby.