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08-18-2004, 05:21 AM
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Shell rot?
Hey,
I just received two baby eastern painted turtles from a lady that was moving and couldnt take them with her. But something i noticed when they were in their new habitat is that peices of their shell(every square on their shell) were coming off and a new shell was underneath. Do they shed their shells? Or is this shell rot?
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08-18-2004, 05:53 PM
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I would love to help you but i have no clue Sorry
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08-18-2004, 05:58 PM
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*DISCLAIMER* I am no turtle expert, but my red ear use to do that and he never had a problem, I dont know if its called shell shed or not but they did it often. I think shell rot is soft dark spots.
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08-18-2004, 06:37 PM
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Where's the bag of trix?
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have you tried doing a google on them? I have no chelo's yet--and my knowledge is very limited....but do a search on TURTLE SHELL SHED or TURTLE SHELL ROT so you can see the info and some pics  |
08-18-2004, 07:09 PM
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Turtles, especially young growing turtles will shed their scutes fairly often.
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08-18-2004, 08:14 PM
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there you go--info from the photo philosopher |
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Thanks John!
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