General Care Discussion

Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 2:17 am **what r the symptoms of shedding?**

im just curious

Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 2:26 am

Healthy turtles shed both skin and shell, so a certain amount of shedding isn't a symptom of anything - it's just normal.

Are you curious about shedding skin or shedding shell?

Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 2:27 am

Shedding skin looks like thin wispy bits floating off from your turtle's body, usually around the neck and legs.

When a turtle is shedding scutes they will tend to be sort of dull in colour and will perhaps look a little flaky when they're dry.

I wouldn't really consider these as "symptoms" since shedding isn't typically a health concern.

Also, DO NOT touch, peel, etc anything that your turtle is shedding.

Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 3:02 am

I was able to get a pic of my turtle in the process of shedding a scute the other day, if that helps. I posted it in this thread, you just have to scroll down alittle...
http://www.redearslider.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16337

Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 12:38 pm

thanks.

Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 6:52 pm

Do turtles also shed the bottom shell?

Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 7:10 pm

Yes they do.

Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 9:38 pm

well my turts r shedding indeed. Im happy and not pulling it. I just give them a bath with a tootbrush thats all.

Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 9:56 pm

Just use a super soft toothbrush, around 75 degree water (tank water might be best), don't do it too frequently, and be really gentle. Good thing you aren't pulling at anything!

Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 10:42 pm

thats what im doing. i have another question is it suspose to be white and flaky.

Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 10:54 pm

Sylars kinda looks grey/whitish...I figured it was because I have really hard water.

Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 11:05 pm

k. thank u so much. how long does shedding take?

Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 11:10 pm

That I don't know.

This is the first time Sy is shedding. He seems to be shedding one scute at a time...so I think it's gonna take some time. We had some really fast growth in the first few months we had Sy, cause I wasn't here to supervise feeding.

So Sy has some retained scutes. I think that the retained scutes makes it take alittle longer to fully shed too.

Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 12:19 am

k. well mine are babies is there a difference?

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