Is This Shell Rot?

[JakeDevoe]

I just got a 1 year old red foot tortoise! And I have been doing my research but I just can't tell if this is she'll rot, I have all the right temp, humidity, and lighting. But I just can tell I got her yesterday!
Her and her boyfriend Oliver at the HERPS expo in Louisville Texas.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

I'm on my phone so it's not a big picture, but I see no shell issue.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Do you mean by the left rear leg?

 

[JakeDevoe]

Yes I thought it looked suspicious

 

[MPRC]

I can't really tell if there is anything there to be concerned about. Can you take a closer photo? Congrats on the new lil redfoot!

 

[jockma]

Maybe some close ups of suspicious areas? Clean off any substrate stuck to the plastron first to give a clearer view.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

You know, when in doubt, applying some athletes foot cream will do no harm.
Put a small dab of it on the area. If it isn't fungus, no harm done and if it is, it will go away.
I purchase athletes foot cream and triple antibiotic ointment from the "dollar store" for my tortoise first aid kit. Same active ingredient and much cheaper.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Is that moss covering the whole bottom of the enclosure or just the area we can see in the photo?
Damp moss through-out the whole enclosure would not be ideal. The tortoise needs to be able to dry off.
Remember, humid. Not wet.

 

[jockma]

Yeah, you're gonna need athlete's foot cream anyway to prepare for possible future shell rot. I put some on any and all suspicious areas on my RF's shell since he came to me with extensive rot and we're going on 4 rot-free years.

The top of the shell just looks like mineral deposits to me, I've never dealt with rot on the top of the shell but I believe mineral deposits disappear when the shell is wet, rot stays.

 

[JakeDevoe]

Here's some more close ups and thanks for the athletes foot cream idea!! I will for sure use it. And what about the deposit on the top?

 

[JakeDevoe]

And no the orchid moss is dry on a side of the cage and damp on the other I spray it all about every other day is that right?

 

[ZEROPILOT]

He looks great.
(He looks fine)
Some of us spray. I don't.
I made a closed chamber.
As long as you can provide the warmth and the correct humidity. Just do what you're doing.

 

[JakeDevoe]

Thanks you've been a great help!

 

[jockma]

Mineral deposits are completely harmless. It comes from the water you mist and soak him with. No need to do anything about it

 

[JakeDevoe]

Oh ok thanks