Tortoise shell health

[Zelie]

Hello! I'm the very happy owner of a Horsfield tortoise who is coming up 1 year old. I took a photo of his shell today after noticing some interesting markings. I just wondered if they are healthy markings or ones to be worried about. He has a very straight line running under his belly suggesting his diet is ok. Any thoughts ? Thanks

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Perfectly normal.
For example http://www.tortoiseforum.org/thread...ween-scutes-over-feeding.114841/#post-1066279
and many others if you put 'squiggles' into the search function.

 

[wellington]

Except for the pyramiding, which is a sign of being kept too dry, everything else looks fine.
How are you housing him? What are you using for substrate, lighting, heat? Do you have any humidity in there?

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

And hello, Zelie, and a warm welcome to Tortoise Forum to you and your Russian.
He does look a bit bumpy.
Have a look at http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/beginner-mistakes.45180/
and http://www.tortoiseforum.org/thread...or-other-herbivorous-tortoise-species.107734/
as well as http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/closed-chambers.32333/
and http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/the-end-of-pyramiding.15137/

 

[Yvonne G]

Welcome to the Forum!

 

[Marinated mamma]

I don't know about the squiggly markings but I hope they are nothing to worry about as I think they are cute! Hi by the way