General Care Discussion :: skin shedding.

[erik951]

Is it normal for a RES to shed skin? I'm new to this and a worried owner. Around his neck there is some ghostly white clearish loose skin hanging around. Hope this is normal.

[ljapa]

Absolutely normal.

Constant shedding would be a concern. For a young turtle, once a month isn't a worry. Ours is nearly two, and I notice shedding every few months.

They will also shed their scutes, but less frequently in my experience.

[xcristina]

Shedding is currently happening to my . There's nothing to worry about.

[erik951]

Thank you.

[newresmama]

recently moved my male res into an appropriate sized tank, he shed scutes everyday for about ten days is that normal? He wasn't kept in a tank before and I just thought he was playing catch up, now not so sure...

[steve]

Scutes shouldn't shed that often, are you just meaning various parts?

[newresmama]

No, like he did an allover shed twice in those ten days, tried posting pic of the scutes I retrieved from tank, but no go

[newresmama]

It may have been from all over, but some scutes are super thin, others really thick

[newresmama]

Says the file is too big and I don't know how to shrink it down

[newresmama]

Lowered resolution, so here is a pic, hope you can see

[steve]

That is a lot, but I wouldn't expect him to keep shedding.