actually, some people DO use things on the shell, especially people trying to hype up and sell an animal for bogus reasons.



Mineral oil can be used for this, so can vaseline or basically any petroleum jelly product or waxes. There are even products sold to "shine" your turtle, but not only do they do the turtle no good, there is anecdotal evidence in many accounts of them causing harm when used over time.



I photo mine once a year usually by bringing them all in and scrubbing them up with a soft toothbrush and plain warm water (I have a well, so they don't even get chlorine on them) and then snapping the shots while they are still wet and shiney from the water. It makes them look brighter and I like to do it once a year. I wouldn't put any crud on my turtles, though, and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone else.

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• Shiny turtle photos - StephF, Thu Jun 26 08:53:43 2003
• RE: Shiny turtle photos - Greg_978, Thu Jun 26 09:01:51 2003
• RE: Shiny turtle photos - StephF, Thu Jun 26 10:26:40 2003
• RE: Shiny turtle photos - nathana, Fri Jun 27 11:16:08 2003
• They sell "Turtle Wax" in the auto stores, works good. - vidusa, Fri Jun 27 12:12:35 2003
• RE: They sell "Turtle Wax" in the auto stores, works good. - Steve_5201, Fri Jun 27 12:35:57 2003
• She was JOKING guys!! LAUGH, it was cute!!! n/p - wkdrake, Sat Jun 28 02:31:31 2003
• RE: She was JOKING guys!! LAUGH, it was cute!!! n/p - StephF, Sun Jun 29 16:13:21 2003
• It was a joke! n/p - vidusa, Mon Jun 30 11:01:36 2003
• RE: It was a joke! n/p - StephF, Mon Jun 30 11:26:58 2003
• RE: They sell "Turtle Wax" in the auto stores, works good. - StephF, Fri Jun 27 13:20:17 2003