General Care Discussion

Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 9:34 pm **shell rot turning black?**

so my little hatchling had some sort of shell fungus or shell rot. i cleaned all the white out that i could and have been treating it. but now where some of the fungus/rot was, it seems to be turning a bit black? is this normal?

i have been partially dry docking her and giving her 24/7 uvb, letting her swim around for about an hour a day. i am treating her with betadine and a fungus cream.

see the black spots forming around the scutes where the fungus/rot was? do you think treatment is working?

Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 9:43 pm

looks like it could be healing. not sure though

Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 10:34 pm

b e a u tiful shell and cute turtle =P and I think the shell looks fine and getting to be healed..

Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 12:07 pm

Yeah, it might be healing.

In the first pic, is the tail like broken, or am I seeing things?

Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 12:11 pm

Sk8gal wrote: In the first pic, is the tail like broken, or am I seeing things?

Hehe yeah, i saw it too.. but when I looked back at the 2nd pic then the tail looks ok.. :wink:

Dunno

Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 12:36 pm

Is the shell smelling any worse? What kind of cream are you applying to the fungus infected areas?

Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:34 pm

oh yea about that tail thing...i have no idea!! i have no idea, but i almost think it's normal.

the tail was extra long as a new born, and then one day it just started to fall off and within a day it was gone. but the tail looks really normal to me..so i have no idea!

oh and i am applying betadine and a fungus cream to the shell.

it seems that the fungus and the whitish spots are all gone, but since the fungus was around the scutes and the area got eaten away, all the scutes want to peel off. should i just leave the scutes?

Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 4:49 pm

unique shells..i love the design is that a red ear slider??

Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 11:31 pm

Monte$mom, it's a yellow bellied slider.

Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 11:45 pm

actually it's my florida red bellied cooter! lol and yes they do have the coolest shells!

Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 12:03 am

That's a red bellied cooter?!?!?! Can you post pics of his plastron?

Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 4:26 pm

sure, but "red bellied" is a misnomer. they still have yellow plastrons!

but here you go:

haha isn't this a funny one:

Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 4:28 pm

^the florida red belly doesn't have a red plastron, but the alabama red belly does.

Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 7:58 pm

that's crazy! I never knew that. Why do they call them red bellied cooters then??

Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 8:35 pm

i reallly have no idea haha. good question!

i guess they are just similar to the other red bellies?

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