Lately, I have been noticing little white circles on Littlefoot's shell...kindof like when you leave a glass of water on the coffee table. I tried using a baby toothbrush to see if they would come off, but they didn't. He had a few when he got here about 3 weeks ago and I didn't think much of it, but I think there are more now. I've also noticed the edges of his scutes are ever so slightly raised, and some look a little warped on the edge. I know shells aren't as shiny and perfect as they always look in the pictures, but I just want to make sure he's normal.
Littlefoot is a 3.5 month old Hermann's tortoise who I got from HermanniChris (so we know he was started well). I keep him in an under-the-bed rubbermaid, it stays at 70-85% humidity, since he's so little. Temps range from 78 on the cool end, to 82 on the warm, and basking is about 100...he's rarely directly under his light though, usually he hangs out off to the side a bit, and he rarely goes over to the cool end. He likes his big sphagnum pile on the warm end and his hide over there and mostly just stomps around and sleeps and digs all day. Night time drops to about 72-74 (room temp). He's active, eating well, gets 1-2 soaks a day for about 30 minutes each. He's fed spring mix daily, with 1-2 things rotated in with it each day (Mazuri, Repashy Grassland Grazer, and other greens that get rotated weekly). He gets phosphorus-free calcium with D3 supplements on Thursdays and Sundays...about 1/16th-1/8th of a tsp sprinkled on his food. His light is a 100w Powersun. Substrate as 2 parts ecoearth, 1 part organic potting soil, and 1 part sphagnum moss mixed together, and he's got lots of moss on top in some spots to hang out in too.
I guess I'm worried about pyramiding, shell rot, or if maybe he's too hot or something and it's warping his shell. Other than advanced pyramiding though, I don't really know how to identify these things. He's my first tort, and I did loads of research and tried to prepare as best I could, but I'm worried I'll make some noob mistake that screws him up forever.
Hopefully, I just worry too much.
Littlefoot is a 3.5 month old Hermann's tortoise who I got from HermanniChris (so we know he was started well). I keep him in an under-the-bed rubbermaid, it stays at 70-85% humidity, since he's so little. Temps range from 78 on the cool end, to 82 on the warm, and basking is about 100...he's rarely directly under his light though, usually he hangs out off to the side a bit, and he rarely goes over to the cool end. He likes his big sphagnum pile on the warm end and his hide over there and mostly just stomps around and sleeps and digs all day. Night time drops to about 72-74 (room temp). He's active, eating well, gets 1-2 soaks a day for about 30 minutes each. He's fed spring mix daily, with 1-2 things rotated in with it each day (Mazuri, Repashy Grassland Grazer, and other greens that get rotated weekly). He gets phosphorus-free calcium with D3 supplements on Thursdays and Sundays...about 1/16th-1/8th of a tsp sprinkled on his food. His light is a 100w Powersun. Substrate as 2 parts ecoearth, 1 part organic potting soil, and 1 part sphagnum moss mixed together, and he's got lots of moss on top in some spots to hang out in too.
I guess I'm worried about pyramiding, shell rot, or if maybe he's too hot or something and it's warping his shell. Other than advanced pyramiding though, I don't really know how to identify these things. He's my first tort, and I did loads of research and tried to prepare as best I could, but I'm worried I'll make some noob mistake that screws him up forever.
Hopefully, I just worry too much. 
