Urgent Care :: White Spots

[Zach799ary]

The yellow areas on my female red eared slider are turning white. Im not sure if its shell rot or something else. i was wondering if i should take her in to the vet. I went on vacation and left her with an automatic feeder. there must've been a problem with the power that caused the filter to shut off for a second so i arrived to it making a grinding noise. I have the two pictures of her shell. The Second one is a part of her shell a few months ago and the first one i took today. They are both in the same spot but the second isn't in landscape (sorry)

[cameron740]

it looks like shell fungus to me i think its that because my big male has that on his shell and steve and some other members said it was shell fungus...so i could be wrong but can you get pics of her whole shell

[steve]

Hard to say, can you post a picture of the entire shell? My initial thought is that it might be some shedding going on, making those scutes lighten up in appearance.

[Zach799ary]

here is a picture of her shell a few months ago
http://i1316.photobucket.com/albums/t60 ... af7691.jpg

[cameron740]

i wouldnt be concerned thats what my turts shell looks like and hes shedding

[steve]

How old is she?

[Zach799ary]

i cant tell for sure how old she is because she was a stray found in downtown Calgary. The Humane Society said she is about 10 years old

[Zach799ary]

she is starting to shed her shell. i wasnt expecting her to until mid to late summer. i will continue to monitor her shell.

[steve]

Can you post updated pics?

[Zach799ary]

There has been no updates yet. I can tell her scutes are about to come of though