Shell issue 100 lb Sulcata

[Wpagey]

Hi everyone, our 100ish lb Sulcata loves climbing on stones and pushing things around, and has some wear spots on his shell from this, but upon closer inspection this looks different. Is this a case of shell rot? He lives outside here in SoCal and gets plenty of sun, and his nightbox has radiant heat above, with heat mat on floor. The previous owner used CHE in his old house, but that was 2+ years ago. I think he may have damaged his shell, and now it’s developed into something bigger. Anyone see/deal with something like this before? I cleaned the area and applied some athletes foot cream in the meantime. Thanks in advance

 

[wellington]

@Yvonne G

 

[Yvonne G]

It's from constantly scraping, like going through a small space with cement walls. It's not new. sometimes these injuries cause the blood supply to the outer layer of keratin to get cut off and the under lying bone dies, eventually causing the keratin to die and flake off. New bone and keratin regenerates. This may have happened a couple years ago. Nothing can (or needs to) be done.

 

[Wpagey]

Thanks for answering and sharing your expertise. He just seems to love getting through the tightest spots whenever possible. I’ll just keep making adjustments to minimize the tightness of his favorite spots.