General Care Discussion :: Losing shell scales

[ziggnick]

I have only had my turtles about 3 months, they are about 4 years old now and have been in a 20 gallon there whole life so they have some stunted growth from it only being about 3inch. Last night I noticed my res lost a scale off his shell, I checked him out but couldn't find where it came from... This morning there is 4 more at the bottom of the tank, he is growing I can see his growth on the rear edge of his shell so is this just new growth? Thanks for the help

[ziggnick]

Both are now in a 120 gallon to clear that up

[Linus]

Ya, they're just shedding, but a pic would make certain.

[steve]

And they'll probably look pretty thin and translucent.