General Care Discussion :: Scars

[DrTrey007]

I bought two sliders in September and noticed that one had some small grayish lesions on his shell. I checked online and came to the conclusion that he had shell rot. I followed the instruction on how to care for this problem for about a month and he never got any better. I am a little worried about him, because he has not grown nearly as big as the other turtle, though he remains the more rambunctious of the two. I am now convinced that he has only some scarring and wonder if he will eventually shed off enough shell to make the scars go away, or if there is anything special I can do for him to help him get bigger. I have been using a calcium block and water treatment, but I don't know if this is enough. Please help.
Trey Hudson

[Kallistos]

To make him grow larger, you must provide a well-balanced diet which can be studied under Feeding and Nutrition. As for the shell rot, I'm not very familiar with it, but someone will come around and help. Of course the best thing to do with any problems is take them to the vet. I'm sure there isn't a scarcity of vets in New York, you can find a list of vets under Urgent Care.

[steve]

I'd skip the calcium block. Any way you provide pictures of the shell when it is dry?