Dark Spots on Tortoise Shell

HoneyBea23

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Hi everyone!

Paranoid, new tortoise-mom here. I was wanting to get some opinions on this small area of black dots on this baby tortoise. This is a photo of him prior to my fiancé and I even buying him, so he has always seemed to have these. He is active, has a large appetite and otherwise seems to be in good shape but I am worried that this is shell rot of some kind that will cause problems down the road. Any advice?
 

LaLaP

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Oh my goodness, what a sweet little face!
Could be just the coloration of his shell. Is it the same texture and hardness of the rest of the shell. Not flaky?

Active shell roll is flaky or mushy.
 

HoneyBea23

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Oh my goodness, what a sweet little face!
Could be just the coloration of his shell. Is it the same texture and hardness of the rest of the shell. Not flaky?

Active shell roll is flaky or mushy.
Aw, thank you so much! I just adore the little thing. Oh, really? Thankfully its the same hardness and lustre as the rest of the plastron and shell!
 
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