Questions re: Minor Shell Injury

[Rio_]

I recently noticed an area on my Russian tortoise’s carapace / bridge that is missing part of the outermost layer. I am keeping it off substrate and keeping it clean and treated (no odor detected so far), but I would like your thoughts on whether it’s the result of a recent injury, infection, or something else. Thanks in advance!

 

[wellington]

@Yvonne G

 

[Yvonne G]

I'm having a hard time orienting where on the tortoise this is. At any rate, athlete's foot cream won't cause harm.

 

[wellington]

If the athletes foot cream doesn't seem to help, you can switch to antibiotic cream.
It won't heal fast so do one cream for about 2 weeks, apply daily and washing it off before reapplying. If you see it looking better then keep doing it until it is healed or looks like its sealed/healed up.

 

[Rio_]

Thank you so much for your responses. I will try other types of medication if I don’t see results.