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White Spots

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Sun Apr 28, 2013 12:00 am
by Zach799ary
The yellow areas on my female red eared slider are turning white. Im not sure if its shell rot or something else. i was wondering if i should take her in to the vet. I went on vacation and left her with an automatic feeder. there must've been a problem with the power that caused the filter to shut off for a second so i arrived to it making a grinding noise. I have the two pictures of her shell. The Second one is a part of her shell a few months ago and the first one i took today. They are both in the same spot but the second isn't in landscape (sorry)
Re: White Spots

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Sun Apr 28, 2013 8:34 am
by cameron740
it looks like shell fungus to me i think its that because my big male has that on his shell and steve and some other members said it was shell fungus...so i could be wrong but can you get pics of her whole shell
Re: White Spots

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Sun Apr 28, 2013 6:44 pm
by steve
Hard to say, can you post a picture of the entire shell? My initial thought is that it might be some shedding going on, making those scutes lighten up in appearance.
Re: White Spots

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Sun Apr 28, 2013 9:59 pm
by Zach799ary
Re: White Spots

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Mon Apr 29, 2013 12:06 am
by cameron740
i wouldnt be concerned thats what my turts shell looks like and hes shedding
Re: White Spots

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Mon Apr 29, 2013 7:40 am
by steve
How old is she?
Re: White Spots

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Tue Apr 30, 2013 9:31 pm
by Zach799ary
i cant tell for sure how old she is because she was a stray found in downtown Calgary. The Humane Society said she is about 10 years old
Re: White Spots

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Tue May 21, 2013 10:05 pm
by Zach799ary
she is starting to shed her shell. i wasnt expecting her to until mid to late summer. i will continue to monitor her shell.
Re: White Spots

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Wed May 22, 2013 9:10 pm
by steve
Can you post updated pics?
Re: White Spots

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Wed Jun 05, 2013 10:48 pm
by Zach799ary
There has been no updates yet. I can tell her scutes are about to come of though