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RE: Painted continues to shed

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Posted by: Linda G at Tue Jun 12 13:43:49 2007  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Linda G ]  
   

Skin shedding is generally a sign of overeating. I believe

Vitamin A in large amounts can cause this problem.



If you are feeding a variety and the water is clean and

the turtle is otherwise healthy I can say with 95% certainty

that you are overfeeding and thus causing growth which is

too rapid. The scutes on top of the shell will peel off in

sections. It can look really troublesome as they are loosening

because everything gets under them in spots. This is how they

grow.



Hope this helps,

Linda


   

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