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Do you think Roca has a bit of pyramiding? Or is it just the scutes shedding?



I feed him pellets/flakes/worms/protein stuff around once or maybe twice a week and veggies every other day.

your turtle seems fine imo

i stopped feeding my turtles protein about 2 months ago, I use to give them a worm twice or trice(3) a week but now i just give them once a month.

Your's seems fine. Nothing unusual!

I don't see any pyramiding though he does seem to need to shed. If those scutes don't come on off you might try adding foods with vitamin e to his diet. Some foods with vitamin e are blueberries, apple skin, sweet potatoes, turnip greens. Stay away from broccoli and spinach though. Even though they contain vitamin e they also contain substances that will interfer with a turtle's ability to metabolize calcium.

On protein in the diet - though it's very important not to overdo it and the most common problem is too much protein in a turtle's diet, it's also possible for a turtle to get too little protein. Especially when they are growing turtles must have protein to build tissue and when they're grown they still need it just in smaller quantities. It's the same with people. A balanced diet for both people and turtles includes protein.

The recommended best source of protein for a turtle is good quality pellets. The guidelines are to give pellets every day to a turtle less than a year old in an amount that would fit into his hollow head. For older or larger turtles, they get the same amount only every other day instead of daily.

On green leafy vegetables, you really can't overfeed on these unless your turtle eats so much he/she gets the runs! Every day for green leafies is recommended. For plant food that contain sugar like fruit and carrots, less frequent servings are recommended.

Ok I'll look into some apple peels!

Some baby scutes need to go.

Does it matter what type of apple peel it is??

When do they start to lose their skutes? I have a baby, about an inch and 1/2 long... I have seen what looked like skin hanging off his toes, but that's about it.

He just gets pellets and once in a while (once every 2 weeks) a small amount of tuna fish or salmon. I have tried lettuce and boiled carrots, and even small pieces of cantaloupe, but with no success.

I will get some more lettuce and keep trying, but so far it's been a waste of $$.

This a huge topic bump

When they'll shed varies, but the key is to have them do it regularly. It could easily be 1,2,3 years before the first shed.

I know right?..lol.. Just trying to gather all the info I can for my Skimmer