Hi all.
Can someone please explain to me what causes shell rot.
Does it have to be a scratch that gets infected?
I keep reading of numerous accounts of shell rot. Luckily up to now I have not had to deal with this.
What I can't understand is I hear redfoots are prone to shell rot. I've not had this problem at all. I have a homes hingeback that lays in the water for best part of 20hrs a day. Comes out to regulate heat and eat. She's been doing this for I would say about 4 months. I check her regular to make sure no rot is setting in. There is no rot.
Are the plastrons of different species composed of different types of material or different densities?
Is it the different substrates we keep them on that causes it with some species and not others?
Does shell rot always start at a scute joint?
Thank you.
Craig.
Can someone please explain to me what causes shell rot.
Does it have to be a scratch that gets infected?
I keep reading of numerous accounts of shell rot. Luckily up to now I have not had to deal with this.
What I can't understand is I hear redfoots are prone to shell rot. I've not had this problem at all. I have a homes hingeback that lays in the water for best part of 20hrs a day. Comes out to regulate heat and eat. She's been doing this for I would say about 4 months. I check her regular to make sure no rot is setting in. There is no rot.
Are the plastrons of different species composed of different types of material or different densities?
Is it the different substrates we keep them on that causes it with some species and not others?
Does shell rot always start at a scute joint?
Thank you.
Craig.