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black spots on turtle skin
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Mon Jan 25, 2016 11:59 amby yumikoinichi
hi, i recently realised there are some black spots which look like poop that is stuck on the skin on my res, but i tried wiping it away with a cotton bud but to no avail. and i saw that my turtle's ear is changing a bit on the left side. the line that outlines my turtle's ear is changing as well. what is happening? photos will be up tomorrow, i only got to take the black spots, the ear i cant capture but i will try again tomoro thank you
Re: black spots on turtle skin
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Mon Jan 25, 2016 12:34 pmby yumikoinichi
photo
Re: black spots on turtle skin
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Mon Jan 25, 2016 12:40 pmby yumikoinichi
from the photo you can see a little bit of the ear part, just before the neck, the line start to curve a bit
Re: black spots on turtle skin
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Mon Jan 25, 2016 1:10 pmby steve
I'm not sure what it could be, is it all over your RES? Or just in the areas of the photo?
Re: black spots on turtle skin
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Mon Jan 25, 2016 9:49 pmby yumikoinichi
just this area, and some below the mouth.
Re: black spots on turtle skin
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Mon Jan 25, 2016 10:32 pmby yumikoinichi
it looks like poop that is stuck there, but i cant brush it off, plus my turtle keeps hiding into his shell. i cant really take the photo of his ear also.
Re: black spots on turtle skin
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Mon Jan 25, 2016 10:54 pmby steve
Could he have rubbed his face against the glass?
Re: black spots on turtle skin
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Mon Jan 25, 2016 11:43 pmby yumikoinichi
not really, i just got back home actually from studying in another town. tried wiping again just now, cant get it off him, it's kinda like fungus, it is on the skin
Re: black spots on turtle skin
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Tue Jan 26, 2016 12:11 amby yumikoinichi
i also realised one slightly lighter coloured circle on the shell as seen in the pictute
Re: black spots on turtle skin
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Tue Jan 26, 2016 12:20 amby yumikoinichi
this is the chin part
Re: black spots on turtle skin
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Tue Jan 26, 2016 12:31 amby yumikoinichi
the white spot on the shell cant be seen when he's dry though
Re: black spots on turtle skin
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Tue Jan 26, 2016 11:34 amby steve
The light spot is just starting to shed. Whats the water/filtration situation like?
Re: black spots on turtle skin
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Wed Jan 27, 2016 1:15 amby yumikoinichi
before this my filter isnt really working, so my mom would change the water manually every 2 days i think, and then now i bought a canister filter, i just havent set it up yet. will set it up later. my turtle's slin is shedding now, and i notice black coloured skin shedded off a bit
Re: black spots on turtle skin
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Wed Jan 27, 2016 1:16 amby yumikoinichi
i mean i saw some black stuff floating in the water, so i guess it's that?
Re: black spots on turtle skin
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Wed Jan 27, 2016 3:25 amby yumikoinichi
some of the black things have fallen off and became like this. not sure what it is
