This is Snot the YBS, his shell has faded to a lighter color recently. I do not notice any smell to his shell and it is not soft, nothing scrapes off it either. Its very hard. He basks often and eats fine.
This is Booger, his shell has also faded to a lighter color recently, he does have some pyramiding from my first few months of feeding him too much protein, hes now fed pellets every other day and green leaf lettuce every day. It has improved, but its definitely a slow process. His shell is solid, no oders to it, he basks the most out of both my turtles and eats like a pig.
As mentioned above I'm just curious if the fading color is normal. I read that turtles get darker, but mine seem to be getting lighter. Is this just a process of shedding or perhaps hard water?
