General Care Discussion :: Gurgi has reached 2 inches - Shell and Plastron

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Post Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2012 12:58 pm   Gurgi has reached 2 inches - Shell and Plastron

How am I doing? No real shedding yet, just a paper thin layer has come off. I think I see signs of rapid growth on his plastron?
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Post Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2012 1:02 pm   Re: Gurgi has reached 2 inches - Shell and Plastron

I just started feeding him 1 Wheat Germ Koi pellet along with one turtle pellet every day. He also gets cuttlebone every day and as much red leaf lettuce as he wants - but I had to cut back a little when his stool started to look like tiny pieces of lettuce floating around (yuck!).
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1 Eastern Painted (maybe 1.5yr) - Gurgi
1 Bearded Dragon - Sawyer (1yr)
1 Standard Rat Terrier (11yrs) - Samson
1 Miniature Pinscher Mix (3yrs) - Spike
1 Parakeet (6yrs) - Choochoo
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Post Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2012 12:06 pm   Re: Gurgi has reached 2 inches - Shell and Plastron

His shell does look a little wide, though I don't have much experience with painteds. Shedding thin layers is perfect :)
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