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Please help me out. I posted a message on here 6 months ago when half my turtle's shell began fading and turning white/miscolored. Only one person responded and said it was his scutes shedding and it should be fine in a little while. Now its been 6 months and nothing changed. The shell is not soft and he eats and acts completely normal. Any suggestions on what's going on? Should i do anything to make sure he's 100% healthy?

Thank for all of your help everyone.

-robin

I would suggest taking him to the vet, or at least calling the vet to see if they can give you advice. If you really don't want to, then there's really not much else you can do if he's acting normal.

How would you know if its soft or not? I remember one idiot poked the shell with a the dull side of a nail to tell. Well forget that you shouldn't even touch the shell.. its connected to the bones of the turtle (not just bones, innards, etc) and he/she feels it. Might be painful, I don't know I'm not a turtle.

Give some more info on your turlte.. but anyways I'll just suggest getting a basking area so your turtle can get out the water. A nice hot basking lamp should be 6 inches away so its warm up there and your turtle will want to bask. Then of course you need Repti Glo 5.0 (or some other company 5.0) UVA/B bulb. This will give the vitamins to the shell of the turtle that he/she needs.. the sun provides it normally but if its inside it won't get that benefit. Even if near a window, the glass/plastic will filter most of the D3 or other vitamins needed in the turtles shell.