General Care Discussion :: Is this a YBS?

[BlueDoraemon]

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[Breigh]

Nope a YBS has a thick vertical stripe on the sides of their heads. I'm not sure what that turtle is, it's hard to tell from the photo without seeing it's shell etc.

[BlueDoraemon]

[Rocky YBS]

it could be a redear or a chicken turtle but im not too sure

[Hoooneylynn]

if thats a RES, the shell looks very bad like I dont know if its pyramiding... does anyone know why the shell looks like that?

[BlueDoraemon]

The head looks like a RES, except the ears are yellow...which it still can be a RES...The shell has always looked "dull" and "dry" almost "wooden" looking.

[Hoooneylynn]

Im not talking about the coloring, Im talking about the shape.. its very bumpy instead of smooth.

[myrtle1123]

Yes I agree with Jessica It looks sort of flat on the top ... is there something wrong with it?

[Hoooneylynn]

right, almost like its caved in or something.

[BlueDoraemon]

hmm...Not that I know of....It looked like that when I got it from Petland 3 month ago...

[myrtle1123]

Didn't the people there tell you what kind of turtle it was? Maybe you should get that shell checked out... it just doesn't look normal to me..

[marisa]

It looks like a RES to me. A RES that probably had (or has?) metabolic bone disease.

Do you know anything about the turtle's history? What kind of environment is the turtle in now? What is the turtle's diet?

[BlueDoraemon]

The turtle was labeled RES in the store, but I've always had doubts...It's not afraid of people...It doesn't "dive off" when people comes near. It floats more than it swims. The health appears normal, he eats Repto pellets and Repto dry shrimp treats, and recently I added in some raw carrots. I feed him every other day. It just floats around, looks around throughout the day...as oppose to swimming and "exploring..sniffing around the tank" like other turtles do. The rest of the time he basks and checks out his surroundings by turning his head...

The turtle is now in a 20 gallon long tank with 100watt basking lamp and a zoo med ramp. There is Tetra underwater heater that's designed for turtles with a Fulval 2 canister water filter.

[SpotsMama]

Does she have a cuttlebone?

[grey goose]

I agree with marisa, looks like she had (or maybe still has) MBD. The beak looks out of alignment also. Lay off the shrimp and feed pellets every other day. Offer greens (romaine, redleaf) and as much cuttlebone as she wants. Do you have a UVB light? Maybe a trip to the vet for some supplements may help......also the "floating around", can she dive to the bottom? If not that could be a problem.