General Care Discussion :: Raised Spine

[DavidY]

Well his diet sounds fine so maybe it's just my imagination. If it were pyramiding it would indicate a diet too high in protein in which case you would cut back a little on the pellets and/or live feeders. But I wouldn't worry about it unless it becomes more pronounced. He's a very beautiful looking turtle!

[4Lancer4]

Thanks, Im starting to cut back on his pellets since it has been overfed because i overfed i was worried that it was starting pyramid

[marisa]

4Lancer4, from the pics, I don't really see any pyramiding (nice-looking turtle, btw).

There seems to be a rather thick layer of scutes on him. Has he ever shed any?

By "grap" do you mean grapes? Try for some more leafy greens in the diet or some aquatic plants like anachris. How much Nutrafin do you feed at a feeding and how often do you feed him the pellets?

[leftysarge]

I have a 6 month old albino RES. He also has a raised spine and I'm concerned. Is this common in really young turtles??

[steve]

If it's slight, I would say its normal.