Shell rot? Burn? Dryness? Help!

Bass.Isles

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Hey, so isla's shell looked fine on Saturday afternoon. No dryness, peeling, discoloration. Saturday afternoon I had to set up her portable indoor enclosure and bring her in, because of hurricane Irma. There was no way she could stay outside, even in her porch enclosure. So I used the same kind of substrate and her portable lights that I use in her regular enclosure for heating (CHE) & a clamp on reptisun UVB light. I monitored the temps, and kept them as consistently close to normal as possible (which was pretty close). Last night when I moved everything back out to her regular porch enclosure, I noticed all this dryness and discoloration! I soak her on a regular basis (3-4 times per week for about 20 minutes). The only thing I can think of is that she's just super dry bc she went from the humid outdoor Florida climate to inside a house with little to no humidity for a little over 2 days? I have no idea. Could she have burned herself by sitting right under her lights, even though they were positioned at a proper distance? She's still eating like a pig and having normal bowel movements - so I don't think she's in pain. I just wanna know what in the world it is.
 

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Bass.Isles

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Did y'all click on the pictures and blow them up? Or are the pics not showing up at all?
 

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She's 25 months old, by the way. I've had her for 6 months.
 

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I'm not seeing anything of concern either...
 

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I don't see anything that looks burned. If she looks a little dryer to you then maybe give her a little extra soak time in warm water.
 

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Looks more like abrasion to me. Did you have Isla contained by cinderblocks, or something similar.

Burns from a heat lamp will usually be at the top of the carapace, where it is closest to the lamp. Shell rot is exceedingly uncommon in sulcatas, and the one case I've heard of was from cold, wet, poopy conditions, and it was only on the plastron, and it was easily treated.
 

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Looks more like abrasion to me. Did you have Isla contained by cinderblocks, or something similar.

Burns from a heat lamp will usually be at the top of the carapace, where it is closest to the lamp. Shell rot is exceedingly uncommon in sulcatas, and the one case I've heard of was from cold, wet, poopy conditions, and it was only on the plastron, and it was easily treated.

No, no cinder blocks. The indoor enclosure she was in for 2 days was a 125 gallon Rubbermaid with her regular hidey house (its hand woven durable wicker made specially for animals) that I moved from her regular enclosure on the porch (which is a large 7ft x 3ft deck box - made of special plastic that will stand up to the Florida heat). But none of those marks were there on Saturday afternoon when I brought her inside to keep her safe from Irma. And I was thinking the same thing regarding it being a burn. or shell rot. That if it were a burn, it would be more directly on top - if it were shell rot it would, most likely, be on her plastron. I gave her an extra 15 minutes soaking time today, so maybe that will help?
 

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