I have a 6 y.o. Red Eared Slider. For the first year, I had a basking area for it without any lamps (due to lack of research on my part) but subsequently, I added proper lamps and changed them regularly and it basked regularly for 4 years, however, despite this, it has never shed its scutes a single time. I tried supplementing its diet with Hikari wheat germ pellets and mixing a bunch of different pellets I read could help it to shed scutes but to no avail. Around 1 year ago, it suddenly stopped basking completely with no change in setup. Recently, it has started to eat much less than before, Ive seen slight red colourations in part of its shell, and it's last few faecal matter have been getting more black in colour (I suspect it contains blood). I've recently started to dry dock it but I am still very concerned for its wellbeing. Is there any way to tell if there is shell rot underneath the layers of retained scutes and is it normal for RES to have red colourations in the shell? I am afraid it has shell rot but I am unsure the signs such as a foul odour/ white patches/ soft shell are masked by the retained scutes.
Link to some photos of its shell: https://imgur.com/a/Q8BUgbP