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So is this yellow normal?
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Fri May 25, 2007 10:36 pmby alexis_906
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Fri May 25, 2007 11:48 pmby kiwigerman
awesome pics!
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Fri May 25, 2007 11:48 pmby zero_tails
chip chip cheerio! teeheehee
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Sat May 26, 2007 2:25 amby SpotsMama
Cheerios is getting to be a big boy! Or girl! Looks very healthy.
If you're talking about the yellow on the edge of the shell and on the bottom, it's normal. It's rather pretty don't you think. If you feed your turtles a lot of carrots the yellow will eventually become almost orange!
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Sat May 26, 2007 10:46 amby scripta_elegans
Awwwwwww! Cheerios is a cutie!
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Sat May 26, 2007 12:28 pmby alexis_906
SpotsMama wrote:If you're talking about the yellow on the edge of the shell and on the bottom, it's normal. It's rather pretty don't you think. If you feed your turtles a lot of carrots the yellow will eventually become almost orange!
Also the yellow along the middle/spine area. That is interesting to know maybe I will see if he likes carrots and see how that goes
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Sat May 26, 2007 2:22 pmby marisa
The lightish area down the middle of the shell? In the pic on the far right, it looks rather wide, almost as if air is getting under the scutes before they shed. What does the shell look like dry?
Foods containing beta carotene will help to enhance coloration. Don't just feed carrots, though, try other orange foods---pumpkin, squash, cantelope, etc.
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Sat May 26, 2007 2:25 pmby alexis_906
I have to go to work now, but in the morining I will take a pic with him dry and post it. I am/was worried that it was from rubbing under the rocks.
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Sat May 26, 2007 2:29 pmby marisa
Perhaps some of it is, a pic would be good.
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Sun May 27, 2007 1:31 pmby alexis_906
Here are a couple from this morning. Sorry about the flash reflections on him. I took some with out the flash but they came out blurry.
This one he is still a little wet. I am worried about the yellow stripe down the middle.
Here is a bit dryer.
His under side.
And an extra of him dry.
And now I have to get ready for work and I might not be able to check back till late tonight or tomorrow morning.
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Sun May 27, 2007 9:55 pmby grey goose
They sure do grow quick, don't they?
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Wed May 30, 2007 1:27 pmby alexis_906
If you need different pictures let me know and I can post some quickly.
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Wed May 30, 2007 1:57 pmby jenaero
I don't see anything wrong with him. Good lookin turt!
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Wed May 30, 2007 4:48 pmby industrial_girl_2000
He looks great in those pics!
As they grow into adults, it is normal for them to become brown/yellow rather than the vibrant green.
