kaia
Member
Here's the thing.
I've had my red ear slider for 4 years now, and just recently I discovered that his shell is peeling off. I read that it is a normal thing, but I'm scared because the shell underneath doesn't look healthy. He eats properly (he's got a crazy appetite), he is pretty active, everything about him other than the shell seems fine. Note that the shell isn't soft when touched. BUT, I don't have a UV lamp since none are sold in my country, there is no reptile vet, and every time I order one online it comes broken. I won't stop trying. For D3 vitamin I give him egg yolks (he loves it), and sometimes I put him outside in a tank to bask in the sun.
Does he look okay? What do I do? Thanks...
P.S. The way they sell turtles here is insane (Macedonia). They place about 10 baby red ear sliders in a small plastic tank (the one with the plastic palm), and can provide NO supplies for them, no UV lamps, no heat lamps, NOTHING. The only thing they tell you is to feed them dried shrimp and change the water in the insanely small tank (I call it plate) occasionally. And yet people wonder why their turtles die within a year. This disgusts me, and should be illegal.
I've had my red ear slider for 4 years now, and just recently I discovered that his shell is peeling off. I read that it is a normal thing, but I'm scared because the shell underneath doesn't look healthy. He eats properly (he's got a crazy appetite), he is pretty active, everything about him other than the shell seems fine. Note that the shell isn't soft when touched. BUT, I don't have a UV lamp since none are sold in my country, there is no reptile vet, and every time I order one online it comes broken. I won't stop trying. For D3 vitamin I give him egg yolks (he loves it), and sometimes I put him outside in a tank to bask in the sun.
Does he look okay? What do I do? Thanks...
P.S. The way they sell turtles here is insane (Macedonia). They place about 10 baby red ear sliders in a small plastic tank (the one with the plastic palm), and can provide NO supplies for them, no UV lamps, no heat lamps, NOTHING. The only thing they tell you is to feed them dried shrimp and change the water in the insanely small tank (I call it plate) occasionally. And yet people wonder why their turtles die within a year. This disgusts me, and should be illegal.
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