Urgent Care :: Just got some RES and one looks not so healthy.

[RicharDC4]

well i just aquired a 50gal tank with two RESs in them. when i got it, the water was very low murky and stank. didnt look like they were fed in a while too.

one of the turtles, i named him Todo, has some of the scales on his shell peeling off a bit and grim accumulating underneath them. is this normal? or signs of malnutrition?

other than that they look good. i will try and get picuters up.

[octpusgirl8]

The scales peeling off (they're called "scutes" on the shell) might be normal shedding from what you wrote, but i'm not sure. Pictures will help a lot.

[marisa]

Welcome to the forum. What does the shell look like after you've cleaned it up a bit? As octopusgirl8 said, pictures would help (the shell should be dry).