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If anyone has seen deformities in painted turtle tails or in other turtle species, where mulitple cornified growths occur (like multiple tails or toe nials)....please contact me. Thank you.

Kenny

I just saw a poor creature at a reptile show that was badly deformed: shell, beak and skin. Did not get a good look at tail, sorry.

Is turtle in question getting enough Calcium?? Diet is likely very key; I supplement my turtle's diet with 2 species of water plants from a local pond, and occasional other plant species.

A floating piece of cuttlefish may work wonders; they can gnaw at it and get calcium at their leisure.

Critical: exposure to sunlight - often. Even broad-spectrum light is not adequate; they need to be sunned as often as possible during good weather. On dry ground, or left in water for a FEW minutes.