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Anyone noticing if there is lots of shedding going on with your painted this time of year? My western always sheds scutes at this time of year & he's looking really good right now.

I almost had a female for him. Someone I know moved away & wanted to give up her female western painted. I just couldn't do it though, I don't want any breeding going on so I helped her find her turtle a good home. She's doing great in her new home, I just didn't want it to be my home.
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PHRatz

I've noticed more shedding in my painted, as well as a ton of more basking.... the room that he is in is airconditioned and he gets the same amount of light each day, so he can't tell that fall is coming on... I'd assume it might be a biological clock, but I'm no biologist, so I'm not one to say for sure.

Jordan Worley

>>I've noticed more shedding in my painted, as well as a ton of more basking.... the room that he is in is airconditioned and he gets the same amount of light each day, so he can't tell that fall is coming on... I'd assume it might be a biological clock, but I'm no biologist, so I'm not one to say for sure.
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Same deal here. The house in air conditioned, he gets the same amount of light each day, doing a lot of basking right now... he doesn't know when the seasons change. He's captive bred and has been adult sized for the last 6 years or so. I've noticed in the 6 years he always seems to shed in the fall.
He shed a lot more often when he was growing up than he does now.
He had a spot on his carapace that looked odd to me but never looked infected, now he has shed off that spot so I guess it was nothing.
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PHRatz