I was watching Angelina this afternoon (not something I've had a lot of time to do lately), and thought it looked like she might have some fungus on her shell. I took her out this evening, let her dry off under her light and snapped some pictures. I need opinions on if you think fungus or not. When she was wet, I thought yes forsure. Once she was dry I started thinking just in need of a good shed. I'll be interested to see what you all think. Keep in mind I have hard water, so some of what you see is hard water deposits.
In this picture is the area I am most concerned about. The middle scute of the bottom row of scutes (not the edge) was the one I thought was fungus when she was in the water.
If it is she just needs a good shed, any suggestions. She basks well. Her UVB bulb is about 2 months old. I can say I do not believe she eats her cuttle bone. How do you all feed cuttle bone to your turtles? I put her's on her basking rock. She usually shoves it in the water, and then it appears she never eats it. Anyway to get more calcium in her (isn't calcium supposed to help with shedding?) I probably need to get her some blueberries. They make such a mess in the tank though. Think I'll feed them to her outside the tank. What other foods are good for shedding?
