Leopard tortoise's shell problem

Derekphan97

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Hello guy, i need some advice about tortoise shell. It appear to have round mark under my leopard's plastron. I don't know if this is shell fungus or not. Is somebody know what are those marks is ???20200905_120514.jpg
 

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Yvonne G

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Are you talking about the little white squiggly lines inside the keratin? That's perfectly normal. The go away as he grows.
 

zovick

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Hello guy, i need some advice about tortoise shell. It appear to have round mark under my leopard's plastron. I don't know if this is shell fungus or not. Is somebody know what are those marks is ???View attachment 305404
Those little white lines and circles are normal. I am not sure that anyone knows why or exactly what they are, but lots of baby tortoises do have them as Yvonne said.
 
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