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Shell pics

Posted:
Thu Mar 05, 2009 2:44 am
by res08

Posted:
Thu Mar 05, 2009 9:20 pm
by ohitsmason
he looks alright to me

but um i think he/she is a bit small for a 10 month old RES..... other than that she looks fine

Posted:
Fri Mar 06, 2009 9:51 am
by Azfar
His shell looks normal and good looking too.

Posted:
Fri Mar 06, 2009 7:09 pm
by MoreBloodWine
Looks good to me to, but looks like he might be retaining a few baby scutes... but I was told thats kinda normal for young turtles since the baby scutes are the hardest to get rid of.

Posted:
Sat Mar 07, 2009 1:25 am
by novroz
10month? isn't he too small for that age

Posted:
Sat Mar 07, 2009 10:29 am
by blackforces get you
10 months? it looks like its 2 inches big. mines is only about a year and going on 2 and is about 4'. what are you feeding?. his shell looks fine but might need to shed. but it will happen naturally. just wait


Posted:
Sat Mar 07, 2009 11:01 pm
by res08
I feed him 2 Zoo med pellets a day. He also eats his own poop. I don't want him to but he's quick. I've only been able to stop him a handful of times.

Posted:
Sun Mar 08, 2009 3:10 pm
by blackforces get you
lol about the poop thing. its natural. and the 2 zoo med pellets a day..... hmm i use to feed my res that many when he was about 1 inch. now hes eating many but i think your doing the right thing about the 2 pellets thing. im not really sure though because i use a different type of food. i use reptomin so you might got different results

Posted:
Sun Mar 08, 2009 6:52 pm
by jawsspeedymrt
Try putting four pellets in and see if he stops eating his poop. He may not be satisfied with only two.

Posted:
Sun Mar 08, 2009 10:51 pm
by Linus
His shell looks fine.
PS I saw on the vid how you feed him in that little indent. You shoul just drop pellets in the water because unless your turtles entire mouth is under water, it causes the turtle severe pain to swallow.

Posted:
Mon Mar 09, 2009 1:01 am
by blackforces get you
sfm: does it hurt the turtle when its out of water swallowing?

Posted:
Mon Mar 09, 2009 10:57 pm
by res08
I usually drop the pellets in the water. The dock is only for Youtube. When he was smaller he could fit most of his head in the hole to gulp water but now that he is bigger, he always goes back in the water to swallow.