Red foot beak dry? Peeling?

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Hello! Happy new year to you all! I am so thankful for this forum!

Tonks’s beak looks like it’s dry? Or peeling? Looking for some input on if this is normal or something I should be concerned about.
She is a red foot tortoise.

I did my best with the close-ups. Hope they are sufficient.

Thank you!
 

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Thanks so much for responding. I’m glad it’s not obvious to you cause that hopefully means there’s nothing to worry about. I took another picture.
All around her mouth her beak looks like it’s dried out and peeling. You can see it pretty well from the side in the middle pic above of the side profile and then from the front in this pic I’m posting.
I'm not having a good eye day. Sorry.
Are you concerned about the lighter coloration in the jaw?
 

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Whatever the problem may be, the experts here need to get all the details of how you are keeping the tortoise and the tortoise itself, eg. Enclosure size, substrate, temperatures, lighting, humidity level. Tortoise diet etc. If we don't know this information, it's not likely we can accurately tell what is going on.
 
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I understand that it takes more information to make a thorough diagnosis but sometimes I’m just hoping for a relatively quick answer. Does her beak look like it’s something I should be concerned about or is it normal for tortoise’s beak to look like it’s peeling around it?
 

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I understand that it takes more information to make a thorough diagnosis but sometimes I’m just hoping for a relatively quick answer. Does her beak look like it’s something I should be concerned about or is it normal for tortoise’s beak to look like it’s peeling around it?
I think that what you're seeing is the transition from the skin on the face to the bones that make up the jaw and mouth.
I see no issue.
 

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