General Care Discussion :: Piece of Shell

[fluffytheturtle]

I found what looked like a piece of my RES's shell in the pond yesterday. Is this normal? It was the color of her shell and all and it was a thin layer of it. I have never seen this before. There was only one piece. No others.

[ellman605]

yeah, the turtles shed their scutes on their shell, its perfectly normal

[marisa]

I've been finding shed scutes on the bottoms of my tanks as well from my painteds. Turtles shed their scutes (and to some degree skin) as they grow.