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Weird Scute on Baby Turtle's Shell
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Mon Sep 13, 2010 3:32 pmby Eskander
I recently bought a baby RES and the bottom middle scute looks a bit weird, like its split in two. Could it be that it's shedding or is he just like that?
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Re: Weird Scute on Baby Turtle's Shell
Posted:
Mon Sep 13, 2010 5:30 pmby jozzep
This is not from shedding. It's a permanent "defect". When i say defect, i only mean aesthetically. This does not affect it's health in any way.
Most of times, incubating at high temperatures causes this, and i can say that there is a 90% chance this turtle will be a female.High temp incubation will produce mostly females.
Re: Weird Scute on Baby Turtle's Shell
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Mon Sep 13, 2010 7:12 pmby marisa
S/he's just got an extra/split scute. My RES and one of my Eastern Painteds have them as well. I find them to make the shell even more interesting. I like how your RES's is just about evenly split diagonally across.
Re: Weird Scute on Baby Turtle's Shell
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Thu Sep 16, 2010 12:25 amby KatieSmeltzer
just makes him/her more unique.
Re: Weird Scute on Baby Turtle's Shell
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Thu Sep 16, 2010 12:59 amby Ashley
Beautiful turtle!
Take good care of him/her....that shell is so nice!