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I was given my Eastern Painted Turtle, Mr.T, for my birthday last May. I believe he is an adult. A week ago I noticed that a corner of one of the pieces that make up his plastron is peeling. Not sure if painted turtles -or turtles in general- shed... if so, how often?
Also, between two scutes on his carapace are two little white spots... one has been there for quite a while now.

Thank you to anyone who can help this first-time turtle keeper!

They do shed. You'll see small thin layers of shell falling off & it's normal. Normal shedding leaves the shell nice and clean looking, as long as there's no redness or oozing you should be able to see the diff between normal shedding and a problem.
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PHRatz

How often does the shedding occur? I actually just took him out a little while ago, and right after I took him out I checked his pastron, which looked fine, nothing was coming off. Then as he became dry when I played with him, I heard a paper sound as he was crawling, and I looked at his bottom and the same place that was peeling in the previous message I wrote was peeling again... Actually, the pieces are almost off! Does the shedding occur in only one spot on the turtle?

Thank you for your previous response, by the way!