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Posted: **Sat Sep 30, 2006 3:55 pm**

Walnut's shell is shedding! It has been for quite some time now and I just now saw a piece flake off.

I took her out of the water and found no soft, rotten, black, or white spots. I did find more places that are ready to flake off. {I also found a tiny, tiny bit of algae but I'm sure that is normal.}

Help? Or should I not be worried, is this how she grows?

Thanks!
Johnny

{EDIT: She is not lethargic or lacking an appetite in any way, what so ever.}

Posted: **Sat Sep 30, 2006 4:57 pm**

No need to worry. Your turtle is growing and needs to shed the old shell. As long as the area under the shedding isn't soft or smelly, it's just normal shedding.

Posted: **Sat Sep 30, 2006 8:28 pm**

Posted: **Sat Sep 30, 2006 11:28 pm**

I agree with CountryGirl68. It's just normal shedding. A quick question, what is an EASY way to get a picture under your username?

Posted: **Sun Oct 01, 2006 11:31 am**

Turtle Expert 42 wrote:A quick question, what is an EASY way to get a picture under your username?

Under your profile, you can paste the properties for a picture you want to post (at the bottom of the profile page). If it's a picture you have at home, you first need to upload it into a free photo webhosting site, such as photobucket.

Posted: **Sun Oct 01, 2006 5:38 pm**

Sounds like normal skin shedding. You can take a tooth brush and gently scrub the algae off his shell, under lukewarm running water. I do this about once a week for my Zeke.

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