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Pink

Posted:
Sat May 12, 2007 4:18 pm
by Wildcoyote
Hello. My turtle has a slightly pink line in the middle of his plastron.
Im not sure what it is?

Posted:
Sat May 12, 2007 4:18 pm
by SpotsMama
Can you post a photo? When the shell is dry?

Posted:
Sat May 12, 2007 4:20 pm
by marisa
You could post a pic if you're really concerned. ..
Is your turtle small? Has he been doing some growing? It's not unusual for the seam down the middle of small turt's plastrons to be slightly pink, especially if there's been some growth.

Posted:
Sat May 12, 2007 4:32 pm
by Rocky YBS
A pic would be great so we can see what this 'slightly pink line' could be.
i agree with marisa.
has s/he been growing at all?
can you send a pic of the plastron dry?

Posted:
Sat May 12, 2007 4:32 pm
by Wildcoyote
Yeah my turtle is small and he/she has been growing.

Posted:
Sat May 12, 2007 4:34 pm
by Rocky YBS
hmm, could you send a pic?
has it allways been pink or has it been pink for a few days now?

Posted:
Sat May 12, 2007 4:40 pm
by Wildcoyote
here is the picture sorry for the blurrines i photographed it with my cell phone.


Posted:
Sat May 12, 2007 4:44 pm
by Wildcoyote
Oh and its been pink for some time now maybe 2 weeks or more and it seems that the pink color dissapears when i put my finger on it and when i take my finger off the pink color reapears.

Posted:
Sat May 12, 2007 9:27 pm
by grey goose
It may be because it's young or just the pic, but that plasteron looks odd to me....is it flat and smooth? It looks a little misshapen to me.

Posted:
Sat May 12, 2007 9:37 pm
by ice
yea it looks like it might be lumpy or somethin

Posted:
Sun May 13, 2007 4:44 am
by Wildcoyote
nope the plastron is flat and it is not lumpy.
it's just a bit darker on the sides.