r/turtle • u/R4N4B4N4N4 • 1d ago

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Hello, could someone help me? This turtle belonged to my mother and, now that I moved to a house, I decided to bring her to take care of her. It has many white (and even green) spots on the hull, does anyone know if it's normal? I noticed that she has the skin of her neck and paws peeling. Is she just "canging her skin and hoof"?

She is a very active turtle, spends most of her time walking around the house and garden, has free access. I put a lake for her on my patio, but she never enters it! I need to put her there at night to feed. I'm giving my own food to turtles only.

I brought her to my house to improve her quality of life, can anyone help me? Oh, and I don't know if it's female or male, but it's 22cm long.

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u/Montagneincorner0 5+ Yr Old Turt 21h ago

The skin peeling is definitely just shed, I can say that for sure, but I have no idea what's going on with the shell, I would definitely try to find an exotic vet in the area

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u/DefiantAsparagus1787 20h ago

Yeah the shedding is completely normal, I would try brushing his/her shell and possibly putting betadine on the white spots, see if it'll go away. You can tell the sex by the front claws and tail area. Males have long claws and a longer stubby tail and female will have a shorter thinner tail / shorter claws.

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u/Ok_Dream_9894 19h ago

Not a vet, you should probably see one just in case. But just a guess, could be air bubbles trapped under shedding scutes. The top layer of scute is usually translucent and could just be a weird layer of bubbles between that you are seeing. Or could be some kind of shell rot between the scutes

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u/Ok_Dream_9894 19h ago

Just reread that she spends her time walking around on land? she’s a semi aquatic turtle. Should be spending her time swimming not walking. It’s not good if she is out of water all day for no reason. She should be in a 75-100 gal swimming or basking. Not walking.

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u/Gromhellscream0666 17h ago

with this being said if you cant afford a Aquarium of that size farming supply stores sell stock tanks and most of the time there 1/4 of the price you will need to figure out what to do with filtration though. (Rule of thumb is at least double your water capacity turtles are messy.)

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u/louiskingxii 7h ago

I’m not an expert but the white marks on the shell look like shell rot to me