General Care Discussion :: Is this alright or not? Help

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Post Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2013 8:24 am   Is this alright or not? Help

Check out this two photos, the above was taken in 2009 and the below was quite recent, early 2013

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Can you see the difference on Kroten's mouth? She has whitish thing and her beak protrude a bit.

Her behaviour is normal and she is eating normally too. She doesn't use UVB lamp because I put her an hour under the sun but she has heat lamp.

Thank you for the help
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Post Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2013 11:36 pm   Re: Is this alright or not? Help

Te beak doesn't look too overgrown. What's the white thing you're talking about?
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Post Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 2:06 am   Re: Is this alright or not? Help

around his mouth...can you see that there are some white spots?
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Kame : My spoiled one (R.I.P)
Kroten : My beautiful RES
Papoe : My Emydura Schultzei (Pink Belly Short Necked Turtle)
Kurome : My Chinemys Revesii (Chinese Three Keeled Pond Turtle)
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Post Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 9:52 am   Re: Is this alright or not? Help

I don't see anything worrisome about the white spots.
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Post Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 12:39 pm   Re: Is this alright or not? Help

Looks almost like mineral deposits. Have you given him cuttle bone? It may help.
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Post Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 1:21 pm   Re: Is this alright or not? Help

@Steve really? what a relief. I though it was a fungus and how can tend fungus around her mouth. I am glad it doesn't look worrysome.

@Devilduck She has her weekly cuttlebone.
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Kroten : My beautiful RES
Papoe : My Emydura Schultzei (Pink Belly Short Necked Turtle)
Kurome : My Chinemys Revesii (Chinese Three Keeled Pond Turtle)
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Post Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 3:12 am   Re: Is this alright or not? Help

Looks like she is just getting older. Penelope lost her glossy-glow a while ago. We have hard water, so as Devilduck mentioned, it could just be the water.
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