Urgent Care :: Golden Spots

[BUCKWELL_AND_(RES)Squirt]

My Turtle Has Golden spots hes exremly active but hes got these golden spots!!!!! Is that normal????

[sonyj]

On his shell? Can you see them out of water? If you scrape them with your nail does anything come off? Posting a pic of the shell when it's dry might help.

[BUCKWELL_AND_(RES)Squirt]

only see em in water, dontt think they rub off

[BullDog]

Ralph get those too. They're just from when your turtle is shedding. No worries They look cool, don't they

[marisa]

The golden (sometimes copper-colored) spots are from air trapped under the scute as it begins to lift off when a turtle is shedding.

[BUCKWELL_AND_(RES)Squirt]

Yeah it looks cool, i also noticed which lead me to beleve it was just the shell was the other day i seen that the golden spots were almost uniform on each side so i figure as much that it was just the shell growing, i couldnt rember when i was little if the red ear slider we had did that????