General Care Discussion

Hey guys, I haven't been on here in a while. I'm just curious my turtle Turdy is shedding
for the first time since I have acquired her.
Her shell has always looked weird so I figured when she sheds it will look good.
Well.
She got out of her tank today while I was not home.
I got home and she was completely dry and her scutes were raised more than when I first
noticed she was starting to shed.
She's back in the water now and is doing fine.
It was a big drop....
So... back to my question, Should i dry dock her to help her shed or should i just let her bask as usual...?
Thanks guys!

First off make sure to examine her for any cracks or breaks on her shell from the fall :/
For my turtles I fed them sone blueberries to enhance the shedding and took them outside for some
Good ol natural sunlight and the scutes just started coming off

no harm in trying!

Yeah we've inspected her pretty good and we're in the northwest, it's snowing

So we're thinking of another type of dry dock solution, but we're not sure.
Any suggestions would be helpful.

I almost forgot to ask you, why blueberries?

No need to dry dock as long as she's basking and you have a uvb and heat light. Some people use Koi wheat germ pellets to assist with shedding. For the vitamin E content. Just feed a couple of times a week in place of her regular food. I'm not sure why blueberries maybe they have vitamin E as well.

What does her shell look like? What do you mean by weird?

Blueberries help aid in shedding bcuz of the Vitamin content within it

hi guys~~~my turtle is shedding too, but she won't eat the blue berry i gave her, what can i do??

Can you post a picture of the shell dry?

General Care Discussion :: Should you dry dock your turtle for shedding?

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