Deformed?

[Vicious_Fish]

At this stage in growth RES need a lot of protien and calcium. Most plant material will be rejected but it still can be offered. A varied diet is always the best. Reptile stix are fine but shouldn't make up a bulk of the diet. Try giving him some dusted crickets, aqutic insect larva, freezed dried shrimp, earthworms, bits of cooked fish. Goldfish should not be part of the diet, consider them "junk food".

Natural sunlight is the best thing for turtles so having that kiddie pool for him outdoors is a smart thing.

Like I mentioned before, I've never ran into pyramiding in any of my turtles. It looks like he might have had it toward the begining but it's hard to tell from the growth on his scutes. Get him on a varied diet with as much natural sunlight as possible and he should be ok.

 

[S5ail]

yea iv heard that you can give calcium dusted crickets to them but wont the calcium just come off when they go in the water? Might seem like a stupid question but i have no idea.

 

[evilxyardxgnome]

Feed outa water per chance?

 

[CTU2fan]

With aquatic animals gutloading is the way to go...rep-cal or whatever dusted on will just wash off. Aquatic turtles will take food out of water but they have to submerge to swallow.

My turtles get ZooMed pellets, rosies, occasional freeze-dried shrimp/krill, and insects when they're outside (whatever happens to end up in their pool).

Interestingly I'm seeing more growth with my turtles who spend part of their time outside than I ever have when I was up north, with turtles kept indoors 100% of the time. Not so much with my map turtle but my YBS is 6 months old and is about 6" long now.

 

[DeLgAdO]

I think thats what they call "Pyramiding"? Im no turtle expert but I think thats what that is.

ohhhhhhhoho!!!

no worries, he's just sheding his scutes, its normal and a sign that he's growing

This is not a problem as long as:
- it is only shedding one or two scutes at a time
- each shed piece is paper thin and translucent
- the shell under the shed looks normal- no discharge, doscoloration or smell
- the turtle is otherwise acting OK.

 

[Miguel]

i see much more a trace of pyramiding than of shell change. What Vicious fish and CTU said is the way to go..

 

[DeLgAdO]

i see much more a trace of pyramiding than of shell change. What Vicious fish and CTU said is the way to go..

he's not pyramiding

i can see the scutes that are ready to be shed off, once those are shed, he wont look unusual anymore.

i see much more a trace of pyramiding than of shell change. What Vicious fish and CTU said is the way to go..

 

[S5ail]

Ok....so is he shedding or pyramiding?

 

[killrmack]

I believe just shedding but you should still really start working on a more diverse diet though

 

[S5ail]

Do you think its from his diet or not enough natural sunlight?