I thought it looked like shedding, but I have never noticed it with my other turtles and tortoises. However, they are all adults, and thus would shed less frequently than an actively growing juvie. I can see how this would benefit them by enabling them to hide more easily.



Angela

0.0.1 Alligator Snapper

1.2 musk turtles

0.1 Eastern ornate box turtle

0.1 Bell's hinged back tort

1.0 Bearded Dragon

1.1 Five lined skinks

0.2 chuckwallas

0.1 green anole

0.1 corn snake

various frogs, cats, and a dog. : )

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• question shell issue - steffke, Tue Jul 12 21:53:08 2005
• RE: question shell issue - chrysemys, Tue Jul 12 22:34:23 2005
• RE: question shell issue - steffke, Tue Jul 12 22:43:59 2005
• RE: question shell issue - ralph111, Wed Jul 13 13:55:56 2005
• RE: Ralph and Stef, - Mike Stefani, Wed Jul 13 18:55:17 2005
• Thanks - steffke, Wed Jul 13 22:23:07 2005