This is the absence of the scutes revealing the underlying bone. Because of the smooth nature of the lesions, it was pobably due to abrasion by overcrowding during shipping and handling rather than disease. Is this a Chinatown meat market turtle? Turtles can survive very well with this condition and sice there is no evidence of secondary infection, just keep the turtle under normal conditions. The scutes rarely or never grow back completely, however.

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• Purchased DBT and has white all over shell. - DBTkid, Fri Aug 26 15:13:59 2005
• Wow, that's like white on rice or - casichelydia, Sat Aug 27 23:29:49 2005
• RE: Wow, that's like white on rice or - DBTkid, Sun Aug 28 11:32:45 2005
• RE: I concur - erico, Mon Aug 29 11:17:34 2005
• Treat the damaged areas ~ - Tektum, Mon Aug 29 22:53:33 2005
• RE: I must question this.... - erico, Thu Sep 1 21:41:02 2005
• RE: I must question this.... - Tektum, Thu Sep 1 22:12:04 2005
• RE: I must question this.... - DBTkid, Fri Sep 2 19:11:39 2005
• RE: Purchased DBT and has white all over shell. - vidusa, Wed Sep 28 12:37:46 2005