General Care Discussion :: Shell Questions (Pics)

[turboturtle8]

I have a couple of questions about my turtles shell


1 Does this pic look like he is pyramiding??








2 Is it normal for my turtle to have those golden streaks on his shell?



3 Is it also normal for it to have like those ridged spikes around the edge of his shell?

[DavidY]

yea, looks very healthy to me. Maybe some very slight pyramiding. Just cut back a little on the pellets (and proteins) and increase the veggies. Otherwise they look really good.

[Twoster]

lol..hes almost tucked all the way in his shell in that 3rd picture..

dyou make that avatar?..its awesome

[DavidY]

Yea I love that jumping little turtle!

[turboturtle8]

thanks guys

Sadly no I did not make the avatar I found it on Photobucket

Pretty cool though huh

[marisa]

It doesn't look like pyramiding to me (clearer pictures would be better). Those flared scutes in the back are most likely because the scutes haven't shed/been shedding (scute build up). He looks like he needs to shed some scutes.

[SpotsMama]

How do you get him to shed the scutes?

[bubblestheturtle]

thats a good question, is there any way to motivate it or should it just be left alone?

[turboturtle8]

I agree are the scutes supposed to be like that??

[pumpkinsherbet]

i'm just getting broken links.

[steve]

broken links here too

[TXGUY]

what pics ??????????? all I see is a square with a X in it

[DavidY]

Good ol' browser incompatibilities. I can see the pics just fine. I'm running IE v7.0 with pretty much default settings.

[xlgringo]

yeah i don't see any pics either.

[SebastianMillhouse]

Those pages do not exist on PhotoBucket.