General Care Discussion

Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2015 12:13 pm **Help with shell**

here is a pic of Ralphies shell anyone know whats wrong?

Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2015 10:54 am **Re: Help with shell**

It's shell fungus, and Ralphie is a girl (if you didn't know).

Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2015 11:58 am **Re: Help with shell**

i i did not know he was a girl LOL what can i do for it?

Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2015 12:35 pm **Re: Help with shell**

Do a forum search for SSD cream or Silver sulfadiazine, to read up on it and treatment. How big is she now?

Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2015 1:25 pm **Re: Help with shell**

15 months old, i added more heat lamps, UVB light deck to hang out on water changed every two weeks

Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2015 2:14 pm **Re: Help with shell**

Then you probably noticed the infection spread. Has her setup changed from when this first showed up?

Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2015 5:24 pm **Re: Help with shell**

more heat light for her thats all feed her pellets once a day

Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2015 9:34 pm **Re: Help with shell**

Does she bask more? How many hours a day? What kind of pellets? Can she completely dry off?

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2015 6:23 pm **Re: Help with shell**

She needs some Hikari Wheat Germ. It's not meant for turtles, but you can mix some into her diet to speed up shedding. Right now, it's imperative to get rid of the discolored/infected scutes.

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2015 9:28 pm **Re: Help with shell**

she does but not as much as i think she should about 3 to 4 hours a day yes completely dried off, pellets are Tetra TetraFauna ReptoMin Floating Food Sticks, how can i get the silver stuff without an Rx?

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2015 11:52 pm **Re: Help with shell**

It can be found without an rx, but I'm not sure if it's the same stuff. It's important that her habitat is good and that she basks a lot. If you treat this and it comes back, you might be able to treat it as effectively/

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