Nellie Rose
Member
Hello. I noticed some spots on my painted turtle Napoleon today. He's my first turtle, I've had him since November now. He is 30 years old.
I scrubbed them gently with a toothbrush and the white color went away to reveal some small pits.
I believe it is shell rot, but I've never seen it before so wanted to confirm.
If so hopefully I caught it early and can start home treatments to cure.
Not sure what I did to cause it, I change his water once a week and he has a dry basking spot with the proper parameters he uses regularly. I have been having some problems with my filter but that's only been going on about a week, and I just ordered a new one.
I'll start changing his water more often in the meantime, and start treating for shell rot tonight. I'll go over my care parameters too and make sure everything is right and correct anything that isn't.
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I scrubbed them gently with a toothbrush and the white color went away to reveal some small pits.
I believe it is shell rot, but I've never seen it before so wanted to confirm.
If so hopefully I caught it early and can start home treatments to cure.
Not sure what I did to cause it, I change his water once a week and he has a dry basking spot with the proper parameters he uses regularly. I have been having some problems with my filter but that's only been going on about a week, and I just ordered a new one.
I'll start changing his water more often in the meantime, and start treating for shell rot tonight. I'll go over my care parameters too and make sure everything is right and correct anything that isn't.
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