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Hi I am quite new to this forum... this is the first time I have posted something, so I hope all goes well. I am concerned about my hieroglyphic turtle's shell. His name is Vern. It looks spotty, but it's not soft or smelly, well at least it doesn't smell any different than the normal turtle smell. We have had him and his tank mate (Petrie, a yellow belly cooter) for a year in September. We think it might just be that he is starting to shed his scoots, but I have never seen it happen before so I though I would post some pictures and ask some people how have more experience.
I'm not sure if this information will be helpful but I'll let you know anyway. Their water temp is 80 degrees F, basking is about 87 degrees F. They have a day/night lamp that is on a timer set for 12h on and 12h off. We do use city water but we condition it to get ride of chemicals. They have a constant supply of calcium to eat. We feed them turtle pellets every other day. We also give them bugs like beetles, spiders, flies, we also give them romaine lettuce or broccoli leaves about once or twice a week. We clean their tank once every two weeks and change/clean the filter pads and carbon bags every 2-3 weeks.
Please let me know if I'm doing anything wrong and if you have any ideas as to what is going on with Vern's shell. Thank you so much!
I'm not sure if this information will be helpful but I'll let you know anyway. Their water temp is 80 degrees F, basking is about 87 degrees F. They have a day/night lamp that is on a timer set for 12h on and 12h off. We do use city water but we condition it to get ride of chemicals. They have a constant supply of calcium to eat. We feed them turtle pellets every other day. We also give them bugs like beetles, spiders, flies, we also give them romaine lettuce or broccoli leaves about once or twice a week. We clean their tank once every two weeks and change/clean the filter pads and carbon bags every 2-3 weeks.
Please let me know if I'm doing anything wrong and if you have any ideas as to what is going on with Vern's shell. Thank you so much!
