General Care Discussion :: Question about shedding and stuff stuck under it?

[Rubicon]

My painted turtle is shedding like crazy and I noticed one of the peices on top is taking a little longer. It's about 50% off however its still enough to have let a little water get stuck under there. It was a little green so I pulled the scale up a little and ran some warm tap water under it. It's not enough that I could fit a Qtip under it to clean or anything like that.

Is there anything else I should do??

[Rosepruner]

Make sure to give him either a cuttlebone or a calcium suplement to make sure he's getting enough calcium to help him shed.

[zoologist]

leave it be and let it shed by itself. its ok if algae gets stuck underneath... dont try to pull the scute off or clean it.

[Rubicon]

I'm trying how to get her to eat cuttlebone. She's seven now and I don't think she's ever eaten it. She only eats pellets right now.

Ideas?

[Rosepruner]

try soaking it in some Tuna fish water for a couple of hours, a lot of times the smell will peak interest. Keep offering, eventually she will eat it. It took about 3 weeks of offering it to my turtle before he'd eat it.