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Hi, My name is Peter. I bought 3 hatchlings of one of each, a baby red ear, yellowbelly, & redbelly. My concern is when i bought them, 1 of them had some of its shell peeling, like a white color. Now 2 of my turtles the redbelly & red ear have the problem, is this something all hatchlings go throug? are they shedding? or not enough vitamins, because when they arrived, they didn't want to eat anything & the shipper from FL. said they were still eating off the yolk, i bought some mustard greens & water plants, & they jumped right into it, so thats doing fine, but the problem they don't want to eat ReptoMin Baby food. Is there something else I should know about hatchlings, I have the aquirium setup perfectly, Plus can there be too much u.v. Light? I think that should be it for know, so anybody with answers please reply.

Thank You,
Peterski95@hotmail.com

those white things may be scutes peeling off, its normal for turtles to shed its scutes

It's good to see that ur sliders are into greens ... generally they are more carnivorous when young. If they don't take reptomin pellets u can experiment with other brands. Or try breaking them into smaller pieces.

I don't think there's too much UV coming from bulbs, nothing beats the real thing (the sun).
my turtle pics