General Care Discussion :: HELP:The middle of my turtles bottom shell looks "apart

[insane]

the middle part looks like its seperating?? WHAT IS THIS? im worried, is there anything i can do to help her in the mean time? does she need to see a vet? she acts fine, doesn't look sick or anything. OMG HELP! thank you

[BullDog]

How old is she? That looks like fast growth, which is often seen in hatchlings. Have you changed her diet recently?

[jenaero]

I agree. Looks like a change in diet is in order. Do you have pics of the carapace?

[marisa]

It's fast growth. Has your RES been growing noticeably? What do you feed your RES, how often and how much at a feeding.

[insane]

she is about 7 years old or older from what i've heard, I adopted her 2 years ago from my brothers friend, he kept her in a box that she could barely move, which caused me to think that she didn't grow anymore more than what she was cause of what she was living in.

I have been feeding her a head of reptomin floating food sticks everyday, and lettuce and cuttlebone every other day. Before the reptomin, she was eating Zoomed round pellets, but she didn't like it anymore, so i got her the reptomin.

@jenaero, what is caraspace? the size of the gap? it is around 3mm, my turtle is around 6 inches now (estimating), and i have noticed she got heavier.

[Moose]

the carapace is the top shell

[mike hill]

inane -- The "plastron" looks to me the the turtle if growing very fast. You may be over feeding it. A turle that size should be fed every other day the amount equal to the size of his/her head. Pleade put up photo and let's look at it.