So I have had my russian tortoise Troubles for about 3 weeks now.
When i first got him he had some white spots on his shell, and parts where flaking off. I didn't know anything about tortoises when I adopted him, but after doing some reading I found out that there's a lot of things that can go wrong with their shells. I'm a little worried because his shell doesn't look like it's in good shape.
Everything indicates that he's healthy. He eats once or twice a day, and is fairly active. His shell doesn't smell, its not oozing or soft. I thought maybe it was shell rot so for more than a week I treated him at home with povidine-iodine. I saw no improvement besides him becoming more active but also things didn't get worse. I am including a recent photo. Is it old shell-rot? Will his shell always look like this? What can i do to improve it?
When i first got him he had some white spots on his shell, and parts where flaking off. I didn't know anything about tortoises when I adopted him, but after doing some reading I found out that there's a lot of things that can go wrong with their shells. I'm a little worried because his shell doesn't look like it's in good shape.
Everything indicates that he's healthy. He eats once or twice a day, and is fairly active. His shell doesn't smell, its not oozing or soft. I thought maybe it was shell rot so for more than a week I treated him at home with povidine-iodine. I saw no improvement besides him becoming more active but also things didn't get worse. I am including a recent photo. Is it old shell-rot? Will his shell always look like this? What can i do to improve it?