General Care Discussion :: Do turtles shed their shell?

[samandnelly]

Take a look at this, what's going on with Nelly?


Compared to Sam's:

[sonyj]

Turtles shed the individual sections of their shell (called scutes) as they grow. I'm not sure if that's what is going on with your or not. Do the scutes lift a little at the corners?

[samandnelly]

No they're just grey and look like skin.

[reptilegrrl]

It looks to me like the scutes are just lifting. Air gets beneath the scutes and can give a greyish appearance. The scutes will eventualyl come off.

Please, please, please read through all the care articles on this site.

[samandnelly]

[samandnelly]

Okay, thanks.

[khobbs]

My smallest turtle was like that forever. Probably since we got it, almost a year ago, and it's just now starting to shed it's scutes. So your's may be like that for a while.

[samandnelly]

Okay, as long as it doesn't look like fungus.