Is this shell rot? RES

[MuseCrazy]

The shell is like peeling off. My boyfriend has had this turtle for 10 years and I just bought it it's first UVB light and a 40 gal tank (it's been in a 20 long all it's life) a month ago thinking her condition would improve but she looks worse.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Is it possible that that could be a burn?

 

[MuseCrazy]

Is it possible that that could be a burn?

I doubt it... Nothing that hot around

 

[mike taylor]

Its looks like unsheded scutes . Does it have a place to get completely dry and bask? They need to get completely out of the water and dry off daily to shed . He needs a lamp at about 85/90 degrees to bask and dry off .

 

[Yellow Turtle01]

My midland painted turtle was having a little bit of this a while ago, but he's back to shedding normally again!
http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/retained-scutes.100721/
His water doesn't look very deep. Hoe big is his tank?

 

[MuseCrazy]

Its looks like unsheded scutes . Does it have a place to get completely dry and bask? They need to get completely out of the water and dry off daily to shed . He needs a lamp at about 85/90 degrees to bask and dry off .

Yeah she has a floating log. Should I get a stronger UVB bulb?

 

[mike taylor]

What kind of uvb lamp do you have?

 

[MuseCrazy]

It's tropical and 23 watts I can't remember what brand.
Could this just be the damage from not having UVB for 10 years? It seems to be peeling more now

 

[Yellow Turtle01]

Peeling is okay. He shedding the (or trying to) layers of built up scutes. If he's finally starting to release them, you're going to be seeing a lot of dead scutes floating around for the next few weeks!