Help! soft shells

[Sydney G]

OK. Thank you all. I'll try adjusting those things.

 

[AmRoKo]

In the first picture you posted that "peeling" looked like some shell fungus. Make sure your substrate isn't wet.

 

[leopard777]

below 4" size , the plastron is soft ?

 

[Sydney G]

One of them was just slightly soft on the bottom. The other had more give on the bottom and sides. It might just be the normal amount. They are 6 months old and about 2.5 inches. I don't know what's wrong with the peeling. I'll try and take a better picture. So how do I keep up the humidity without making the substrate to wet?

 

[AmRoKo]

One of them was just slightly soft on the bottom. The other had more give on the bottom and sides. It might just be the normal amount. They are 6 months old and about 2.5 inches. I don't know what's wrong with the peeling. I'll try and take a better picture. So how do I keep up the humidity without making the substrate to wet?

You can keep the humidity up and have substrate that is fairly dry by having a covering of some sort. You can get some clear vinyl cut at walmart and throw that over the top+lights (make sure it doesn't touch the lights though, it will melt).

 

[Sydney G]

Do i Get it cut to cover the whole top or just half since I'll have the fixture sitting on it

 

[AmRoKo]

Do i Get it cut to cover the whole top or just half since I'll have the fixture sitting on it

You can probably get a big enough piece cut to go over the fixture that is hanging and use some duck tape to pinch the vinyl at each corner around your enclosure.