so spent about $120 today and got most of the stuff needed and the turtle... the only thing left to do is get some cuttlebone and maybe a clamp light fixture thing for the uvb light (reptisun 10.0). i have a few questions though, can i use the uvb light on the hood of the tank and let it sit over the basking area? the hood looks like this
and there wont be anything that will be between the rays and the basking area.
a second question that i have is that i on my turtle's shell there are these white spots i guess and i didn't see it in the petshop but now that i got home and examine my turtle more closely, it looks like he's shedding? i've searched it on this forum and there seems to be a mix opinion of wether it is shell rot or just shedding.. heres a few pics..
they're whiter in real life than they are in the pics (the bubbly thingy) and under water it looks like he has air bubbles inside his shell... also he's about 3.5 centimeters which is 1.37 ish inches(from the top of the shell to the rear.. or was i suppose to measure how wide his shell is?)... and his shell isn't really that hard, when u slightly press it it sort of has a bouncy feeling, it goes in but comes back out when u press it so is that normal? (turtles harden their shells after 1 year right? so i suppose this is normal?)
i have his/her water at 80F and basking area is 90F with no uvb yet (like i said in the above, i have the bulb just need something to stick it into) and he's pretty much not basking and getting used to his surroundings... though he did go for all the snails as soon as he hit the water when i put him in and he ate 2 floating pellets already so he's eating (havent tried any greens yet) anything you guys can help me with would be GREATLY appreciated, anyway heres a few random shots of him and his tank! (im gonna assume till otherwise that he's male)
watcha looking at bub?
that grey turtle you see in the left area of the tank isn't real.....
ps. i think im gonna call him Clark.