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Post Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 3:01 pm   Shell problem or not Im so cocerned

Hi evryone
i was cleaning my turtles shell wen i saw this
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Do I have to be worried or is this normal?
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Post Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 7:46 am   Re: Shell problem or not Im so cocerned

Not sure what were trying to point out, could you descibe a little more about your concerns? Everything looks normal to me.
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Post Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 9:31 am   Re: Shell problem or not Im so cocerned

I think it's the unusual scute patterns... should be fine as long as he sheds normally.
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Post Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 2:16 pm   Re: Shell problem or not Im so cocerned

@Diamondbacks4life if you can see ther near the red line there is an zig zag line in mu turtles shell
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Post Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 3:06 pm   Re: Shell problem or not Im so cocerned

Its not normal but its fine, your turtle has an abnormal amount of scutes and thats why he has that.
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