General Care Discussion :: Healthy or Not??? Help Please!

[tidaboy9]

Here are some picks of my Slider shell and back Please Tell me if its shell is in good or bad condiction and if its not to tell me what to do! I currently Rubbed Vita Shell on its shell please Also read this!

http://www.redearslider.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=247159#247159

http://www.redearslider.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=25047&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0














Thank you!

[n00bEmpty]

To me then it looks kinda soft since you can squeeze it like that. I don't think you are but if you are then that's bad, real bad.

[tidaboy9]

To me then it looks kinda soft since you can squeeze it like that. I don't think you are but if you are then that's bad, real bad.

Not Seqquzing AT All his shell is curved like that! And he has a hump!

Also is there anyway of identifying the sex for me?

[rsour24]

you cant tell the sex of an RES till the turtle is 4" and ur turtle looks about 1". u have a good year or so b4 u will know

[tidaboy9]

you cant tell the sex of an RES till the turtle is 4" and ur turtle looks about 1". u have a good year or so b4 u will know

Can u at all tell if the shell is heallty or not?

[steve]

Vitashell is not a good product. Also avoid over handling your turtle -- it's only a hatchling, so no need to add stress to it.

Is there a reason you want to use vitashell?

[marisa]

Can you get a q-tip and wipe off that white (which I assume is the Vitashell)?

Also, it would be better if you didn't hold him that way---it would be better to have him on your palm so he as something solid under his feet, and use you other hand to keep him from running/falling off.

By "hump," do you mean the raised area down the spine? If so, that's not unusual in hatchlings. It will lessen over time as he grows and fills out.

I don't see a problem with the shell from the pics you posted.

I'd get rid of the Vitashell.

[tidaboy9]

Thank you all with the upmost resept!

[blackforces get you]

mine as a hatchling curved like that too. its shell must still be soft. after a bit of growth, itll get tough and hard

[tidaboy9]

http://www.redearslider.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=248487#248487


NEW SET UP going to add plants/BIG stones (ones he most diffently cant swallow)

[coreyvht]

add more water

[mikee]

T-boy9 -- Mar-mod is correct in holding your turtle. They are more comfortable with you holding in the palm of your hand. When they are that small it is not good for their health to take them out often. They cool off too quickly. Steve is correct with the vita-shell. The carapace needs to breath and dry out. You have a nice looking turtle.

[SINI5T3R]

Yeah it can stress the turtle out if you just let it air swim.

Also I seen a turtle like that in a pet shop and he had a huge hump on his shell right in the center of the top but he was HUGE and seemed 100% fine with it and everything.