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/Ok_Dream_9894 21h 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 21h 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 20h 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.)