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My turtles skin won't stop shedding. He's been like this ever since I got him, which was 2 months ago.

He is 5 years old. The water temp is around 72-73 F and the basking dock is around 84 F. I feed him 10-15 pellets (this ------- big) every second day and pure, lettuce-made jello shots on the days in between.

A little bit of background info: I rescued him from my aunt, who was keeping him in very poor, cold and un-lighted conditions. His shell is almost 5 inches.

I had to keep him in a 25g tank until I got moved into my new place, so that I could set up a 75g tank I bought for him. The filter that was with the 25g was really shitty so, even though I was doing 50% water changes every week, the water wasn't that great. I was thinking maybe water quality was making him shed.

Now he's in the 75g with a Rena XP3 Filter and the water is crystal clear. I also got the water tested, and the pH was a little high but I was told a 10% water change would help this.

What can I do to make him stop shedding his skin?

MY RES was in a distressed situation to, We actually found her in a puddle behind my brothers work (Right after there was a news report about pet turtles and salmonella) I live in Toronto, ON and she's been shedding since we got her which was about 3-4 months ago. We have her in good living conditions and everything and we've read and re-read every requirement and spent over $370 in supplies for her, yet she just keeps shedding lol.

How much is he shedding? There will probably always be a few visible strands.

TheLeprechaun wrote:MY RES was in a distressed situation to, We actually found her in a puddle behind my brothers work (Right after there was a news report about pet turtles and salmonella) I live in Toronto, ON and she's been shedding since we got her which was about 3-4 months ago. We have her in good living conditions and everything and we've read and re-read every requirement and spent over $370 in supplies for her, yet she just keeps shedding lol.

Awww well I really hope mine stops shedding. I don't like all the skin that's floating around, as gross as that is. It's gotten MUCH better since moving him to the 75g. In the small tank it was DISGUSTING!

steve wrote:How much is he shedding? There will probably always be a few visible strands.

Well, I think it was pretty excessive before considering it was all over the top layer of water. But the water is pretty clear now and I only see a few pieces of skin floating around. And there's only a couple of wisps/strands on his body.