General Care Discussion :: turtle SKIN shedding

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Post Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 5:07 pm   turtle SKIN shedding

Hey a few weeks or about a month ago my turtles would look like a layer of there skin was peeling off. Now it sometimes looks like it is peeling but not as bad. What is it?
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Post Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 5:34 pm   

Turtles do shed their skin periodically. If it looks translucent and wispy, he is probably shedding skin. If he is shedding consistantly, he may be in water too warm, or growing too fast. If he is a young turtle, once a month is nothing to worry about. When they are growing it is more frequent than it will be later.
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Post Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 5:35 pm   

Alrighty
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