Shell Rot

[georgecarlintheredfoot]

I am a new tortoise owner. I have a Redfoot Tortoise hatchling and I’ve noticed some unusual spots in between his scutes. I was unable to scrape or clean them off. Is this marbling or rot? I cannot tell.

 

[T Smart]

I don’t see anything abnormal, just slight pyramiding.

 

[Andy Ye]

My hatchling is having the same thing, did it get worse?

 

[Yvonne G]

That's not shell rot, it's what we call 'marbling.' It's just the color the shell takes on as he grows.

Here is a RF tortoise with marbling between the scutes:

 

[ZEROPILOT]

To me it looks like hard water staining.
At any rate, we are in agreement that it's not a fungal issue and it's nothing to worry about.