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Here is some info on my turtle...

Name/Type/Sex: Yoshi/Cumberland Slider/Female
Age/Shell Size: 8 yrs/8 inches
Tank Size: 40g Breeder

She is a trooper that deserves to be spoiled.

Bought as a hatchling in Chinatown

Raised with 2 others until they were juveniles...

But then...one day...while our house was going through some remodeling... and my wife put our tank and turtles outside.

The next day our turtles were gone!!!! And our neighbors said they saw a raccoon messing with a turtle shell in our side yard!!!

We eventually found 2 empty turtle shells ...and were almost for certain the third was dead somewhere.

3 months later...our neighbor came to us saying they caught something running across their backyard.

Asking myself..."What does this have to do with me?"

She said she found our last turtle?! Are you kidding me?! She survived for 3 months in my neighbors backyard?! (To give credit to my neighbor...she had an awesome vegetable garden so our turtle had access to some food and water.)

I wish I could say I spoiled her every day after that...but after a couple of years...I got busy with life (I'm married with 2 kids) and the turtle was put on the back burner.

No excuses for RES Neglect.

I stumbled upon this site in Oct/Nov 2011...and ever since... Yoshi has been getting the treatment she deserves.

Noticeable Changes because of this site:

- The introduction of Kale (via Jello) to her diet has turned her Yellow.
- Outdoor basking and proper diet is causing rapid shedding.
- 02/26/2012 Her last bad scute has fallen! The last algae scute! The last hard water scute!

Very nice, I love these kinds of posts!

yoshi looks very bright and healthy now. You said Kale helped improve his color? where can i get some of that?

Thanks

I bought my Kale from the local grocery store (Ralph's). I can also get some from the local farmers market as well.

You can pretty much get Kale from anywhere that sells fresh produce.

She didn't eat vegetables before and she was very pale and dull looking.

I think it's a combination of the introduction of proper basking and proper diet.

Her red ear is pretty faded and I hope when I introduce carrots and squash, it will be more vibrant.

/crosses fingers

Try switching away from kale to red leaf or dandelion leaves... much better calcium:phosphorus ratio.

Thanks for the advice! I'll try those out in the jello!

Is "red leaf" red leaf lettuce? Or beet leaves?

The Dandelion Leaves I will have to see if it is available at Farmers Market. I don't recall seeing this at Ralph's.

Red leaf lettuce. Green leaf lettuce is OK too. They usually cost a little more than Romaine.

She's beautiful! Those shed scutes look like the bad ones that came off my girl!

Beautiful turtle and I just love the name

Awwe thanks guys

The picture of the scutes were all from just the month of FEB 2012! This is the fastest I have ever seen her shed!

Added a "back" picture to the original post.

And a picture on this post.

Looking pretty good!

Her shell is looking really good!

Thanks!

Yoshi Plastron View 03/14/2012

Just noticed something, Yoshi is not an RES.

Either a Cumberland or a RES/Cumberland Hybrid.

The spots on the Plastroon and the Yellow marking on the neck going all the way to the eye.