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shell rot?

PostPosted: Mon Jan 01, 2018 11:39 pm
by Menaxe93
The space between the scutes on my baby res are like grayish kinda shiny when in the water. Is that shell rot? If so how do i treat it? Don't wanna lose another turtle.... My other one died last night but nothing was wrong with the shell on that turtle..

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 02, 2018 1:06 am
by litefoot
Photo's needed when turtle is totally dry to help.

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 02, 2018 4:02 am
by Menaxe93
I'll try to get one in the morning but its really shy so might be hard to get one

Could that be a sign of growth though?

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 02, 2018 5:46 am
by litefoot
Space between scutes are the growth rings , photo when dry needed . Grayish ...?

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 02, 2018 1:32 pm
by steve
Yeah, from the description, sounds like he could be growing too fast.

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 02, 2018 5:21 pm
by Menaxe93
Trying to get a picture but its really hard "she" is extremely shy with me still

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 02, 2018 6:27 pm
by Menaxe93
Pictures are too "big" even when I try to upload one at a time so if someone would wanna contact me from email. Id appreciate that

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 02, 2018 6:29 pm
by Menaxe93
Email address is menaxe93@Gmail.com

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 02, 2018 6:42 pm
by Menaxe93
Had to zoom in on the picture to get it to upload hopefully it still helps yall answer my question

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 02, 2018 6:44 pm
by Menaxe93
Another picture

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 02, 2018 9:00 pm
by steve
I don't see shell rot. Have you tried gently wiping or brushing those areas?

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 02, 2018 9:31 pm
by Menaxe93
When I took it out i dried it off gently so no not really I didn't wanna do anything that may hurt

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 02, 2018 9:38 pm
by Menaxe93
Also worried cause my uvb/ uva light broke and my local Walmart hasn't had any and haven't been able to order one for 2 weeks

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 02, 2018 10:50 pm
by steve
Any other areas on your RES that is pinkish/reddish? What UVB lamp were you using? What are you feeding her? Did the other turtle have similar issues?

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 02, 2018 10:57 pm
by Menaxe93
Im not sure what the brand was it was given to me the person had it laying around for a while so they had forgotten.
There isn't any pinkish or reddish on it nor did the other turtle have anything wrong with the shell

There's feeder goldfish and rosy reds swimming around in the tank from time to time I hold a fish so it could be eaten
Main diet is red worms
The pellets don't seem to interest it so they just float around and make the tank messy