Sulcata shell rot?

[krh11b23]

This ain't my tort but a vet told this lady that this is shell rot. I thought they can't get it? What are y'all's opinion?

 

[krh11b23]

I told her I didn't see any shell rot but I'm no expert.

 

[wellington]

Looks just stained to me.
@Tom and @Yvonne G can confirm better then me, I have never seen it in real life and all the ways it could look. I

 

[krh11b23]

I agree it just looks stained

 

[Tom]

I don't see any sort of shell rot.

Is the tortoise healthy otherwise?

This might be another case of a vet that is clueless about tortoises.

 

[krh11b23]

I don't see any sort of shell rot.

Is the tortoise healthy otherwise?

This might be another case of a vet that is clueless about tortoises.

Yes I believe it's otherwise healthy

 

[Tom]

Yes I believe it's otherwise healthy

What was the reason for the vet visit? Is this a vet with tortoise experience?

 

[krh11b23]

Here is another picture so this one is a lot more interesting. To be honest I don't know anything about the tortoise.

 

[Tom]

Ahh... The plot thickens...

Shell rot is VERY uncommon in sulcatas. Of all the vets I've asked, and there have been many, only one had ever seen a case. It was in AZ in winter. Apparently there was a cracked water pipe that was leaking into the sulcata enclosure and the owner didn't know it. There were two sulcatas living in poopy mud slop all winter long with no heat and one of them showed some signs of minor shell rot that was easily treated. Full recovery. None of the other vets have ever seen one single case.

I'd love to now more about THIS case. How is this tortoise housed? Where? Etc...

 

[krh11b23]

Tom I'm learning more and more I will keep you posted. She said a hero vet said it was shell rot(herp vet doesn't confirm in my opinion). Now something very interesting. She said she rescues this tort. It was on wet unsanitary substrate with feces I'm it.

 

[krh11b23]

Tom I'm learning more and more I will keep you posted. She said a hero vet said it was shell rot(herp vet doesn't confirm in my opinion). Now something very interesting. She said she rescues this tort. It was on wet unsanitary substrate with feces I'm it.

Herp vet not hero.