Think y'all might be proud (I say might cuz I never know what to expect here..but I adore all of you). I brought Thor in last night and noticed some dirty spots on his underside that I couldn't scrape off. As I inspected further, I noticed a pinkish tinge between the scutes (if the underside "lines" are called that). I immediately thought "yikes..shell rot??". I had a girl date planned at 730 (wine, cheese & grapes..yum) so I couldn't do any research. I was so disengaged during my date worrying about Thor. When the date was over at about 10, I immediately came inside & googled Sulcata Shell Rot. (I often google to find threads from this forum). I found one from here and there was a picture of exactly what thors looks like and learned it was new growth and to "leave it alone" (other than the dirty part..guess its just dirt). I'll be posting a pic later when it's time for him to go outside (just for confirmation). But I thought y'all might enjoy knowing that I was actually able to finally answer my own question for once!! And of course from a similar past thread here on the forum. Feeling a lil proud. Lol. Tata for now.