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Painteds have growth rings

biowarble Feb 02, 2007 12:00 PM

My red-eared slider has old scutes somewhat attached. When I had that young adult eastern, I saw nothing I would identify as an old scute. Why is this?

(Yup, finally back on line later than I said I would be, so I put it as a new subject so you would see it.)

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PHRatz Feb 02, 2007 12:43 PM

>>My red-eared slider has old scutes somewhat attached. When I had that young adult eastern, I saw nothing I would identify as an old scute. Why is this?

Slider type turtles seems to shed scutes on a fairly regular basis but box turtles just don't do that unless something is wrong with them. My mud turtle doesn't do that either.
Some turtles shed regularly others don't.
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PHRatz

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