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Post Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2016 5:37 pm   Shell and plastron discoloration.

Wondering why the bigger of my two turtles shell looks like this? Year old healthy otherwise.
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Post Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2016 11:47 am   Re: Shell and plastron discoloration.

It's a combination of overfeeding (or irregular feeding) and shell fungus.
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Post Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2016 6:11 pm   Re: Shell and plastron discoloration.

thank you. how much do you recommend i feed them? i have pellets and baby spinach i give them.
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Post Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2016 8:59 pm   Re: Shell and plastron discoloration.

Daily pellet amount, I'd use roughly about 1/4 head size. Use either red leaf, green leaf or romaine lettuce as the daily greens.
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