I'm freaking out! My southern painted turtle is shedding (AGAIN) and I realized it's been a while since I saw my midland shed... ANYTHING! I remembered something Anthony P said a while back, and now I'm thinking he has retained scutes
Pics of my southern-
Nice, smooth shell...
Bottom/sides
Pics of my midland- (I'm sorry, he simply would NOT hold still, I had a towel, he kept peeing on me!)
See, what I'm most concerned about are those lumpy edges between the scutes, the bad peeling and th fact I haven't see him shed anything!
WHY? They have a great tube UVB, a basking spot that has a portion in water and out at high 80s to the 90s, and it goes down to 70s in the night (Howi [the issue of cerncern) ALWAYS sleeps on the land while the other sleeps in the water) their water is a constant temperature of 70 degrees, and he has got a great diet! Adult maintenance ZOOMed pellets (with less ash!) every day, with the variation of Fluckers turtle buffet, real, cooked meat like beef, chicken and pork at least 3 times a week, veggies like cucumber, dandelions (They HATE their greens) some lettuces and I'm working on growing aquatic plants like duckweed and feeding that too! They recently just got a big upgrade form a 40 gallon tan to a 75 gallon tank, and I've never seen any bulling/biting
Is something wrong, or am I just freaking out?
Pics of my southern-
Nice, smooth shell...
Bottom/sides
Pics of my midland- (I'm sorry, he simply would NOT hold still, I had a towel, he kept peeing on me!)
See, what I'm most concerned about are those lumpy edges between the scutes, the bad peeling and th fact I haven't see him shed anything!
WHY? They have a great tube UVB, a basking spot that has a portion in water and out at high 80s to the 90s, and it goes down to 70s in the night (Howi [the issue of cerncern) ALWAYS sleeps on the land while the other sleeps in the water) their water is a constant temperature of 70 degrees, and he has got a great diet! Adult maintenance ZOOMed pellets (with less ash!) every day, with the variation of Fluckers turtle buffet, real, cooked meat like beef, chicken and pork at least 3 times a week, veggies like cucumber, dandelions (They HATE their greens) some lettuces and I'm working on growing aquatic plants like duckweed and feeding that too! They recently just got a big upgrade form a 40 gallon tan to a 75 gallon tank, and I've never seen any bulling/biting
Is something wrong, or am I just freaking out?