Fusiongi,



I quite well know I'm not a "Herp Vet" which is what I said but nonetheless not willing to breach the subject other than the fact it's something after many years of catching and observing turtles that I've realized 'is a possibility of sorts,' that is a fungus, which is why turtles bask so much 'to rid themselves of all bacteria' including algae which this may or may not be but which I've seen growing on some snapping turtles' skins and even on younger hatchlings which of course too could be salmonella, the skin being where such bacteria is apt to grow and therefore I just happened to mention that I had a res once who woke up after hibernation covered with dead skin which was the only time I ever saw a turtle shedding its skin?! Believe it or not doesn't seem particularly "normal" to me so I just mentioned "dip it in a warm saline solution" which of course can't hurt it any way, right?!



Ask a vet.

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