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Old 02-17-2009, 05:53 PM
Debbie B Debbie B is offline
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Default my red ear sliders turtles i have four of them are shedding badly there...

...whole body looks white are they sick? they eating is not the same they eat a little,im used to seeing there colors,can u help me?
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Old 02-17-2009, 05:54 PM
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well you have four red eares slider so I hope you have like 1 00 gallon tank or more. if there still babies they would need atles a 30 gallon full with water almost. here are some question to help us understand and to fi you problem

Do they have a basking spot with a uva light with a temperture of 85-90 degrres?

is there water temperture 78-80 degrees?

is their water really clean?
it sounds like the water is to warm and that you are feeding them to much causes excessive shedding

Turtles will also shed their skin, but not in the way that other reptiles do. Their skin comes off in small and fine quantities and is difficult to see them actually shedding. If you do see your turtle shedding with large clumps or strands of hair-like skin hanging from them, then this is called excessive shedding. Most times when a turtle sheds excessively, it is a sign of over-feeding, water temperatures being too warm, poor water quality, a skin condition, or other infection in the body. A normal "shedding" activity for some species of turtles, is to bite at their legs, peeling off and sometimes eating small layers of skin.
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