I can't give you a direct answer but I'll make some comments:



-80 degrees might be too hot for him. Maybe change it down to 75-78F



-A 10 Gallon tank will be okay for now but the bare minimum should be a 20 gallon tank.. preferably the long one (which one might be a 29 gallon tank)



-Your disturbing your turlte when you don't even know the problem. Do more research before you come to conclusions - I suppose the step of asking on this board is a good one. But really stop what your doing.



-When I say stop, I mean taking him out and puting neosporin on the shell. Really now, is the shell of a turtle even effected by such medicine. I've heard of people puting medicine on the turtles skin but thats because the skin can bleed and tear. A shell I doubt is effected by something like neosporin. Well at least you didn't put any Turtle Car Wax on him



-Some reasons to stop is that this thing your talking about might be perfectly normal. Turtles shell is obviously not simply green like in cartoons. My turtles have black patterns all over their shells. Without a picture I can't really tell.. can you explain it more in detail? Exactly what are you worried about... is the shell dented in that area.. I don't want to go and ask if its softer there because you might take out the turtle, wax him with neosporin, and poke the hell out of him. But just observe... remember if you press on the shell it will not be good for him, especially when hes young and the shell is naturally softer.



-So yea I can't give many suggestions except to stop what your doing. Turtles should be left alone and not touched unless it is absolutely necessary. You cause him great stress by doing these procedures when you don't even know why your doing it. So just my 2 cents, sorry if I was a bit rude

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