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Scooter shed his first baby scute today... yay!

Anyways, I've been noticing the appearance of these black lines between some of his scutes. I'm a bit concerned, naturally, so I decided to come to you guys to take a look!

Dry


Close up of dry shell


Close up of wet shell


What do you think?

Looks like normal growth lines to me. Looks good too. Sometimes the growth lines are quite wide, which indicates fast growth. You want thin, even growth lines just like Scooter has

What kind of turtle is Scooter?

Thanks alot! He's a River Cooter. My uncle found him and gave him to me back in May of this year. I think he was a hatchling at that time.

Cool! Cooters always look so neat, but most of them grow pretty big!

Oh really? I gotta keep that in mind lol. I'm already shopping for a new bigger tank for him and hope to have him living in it by next month.