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#73617
Souljah_girl
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 My turtle’s skin is peeling....
i have 2 redear sliders in a 29 gallon tank w/ a light that gives out uvb and uva and have a rock to bask on. They are very happy and swim around and chase the fish...their skin is peeling though, is that normal? It’s little wispy piece of skin that partially cling to the turtle and are partially hanging off. I’m mostly feeding them nutrafin pellets, but I sometimes give them a little bit of fish.
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05/14/04 9:37pm
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#73647
Anole_keeper
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Message To: Souljah_girl In reference to Message Id: 73617
My turtle’s skin is peeling....
PERFECTLY NORMAL!....they’re just shedding so dont worry and leave it alone!....i hav a RES and i powerfed the first year and because of this he constantly had skin hangin off....AND HE’S FINE STILL!(ITS ACTUALLY MY 5TH RES!(b/c i had 4 more wen i was younger but we sold them))my RES grew so fast that when i got him as a quarter-sized baby(Literally), he grew from about 1 inch to 5 inches in exactly a year!...but overall,JUST DONT WORRY AND LEAVE IT ALONE!
-hope this helps!
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05/14/04 10:41pm
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#73777
Souljah_girl
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Message To: Anole_keeper In reference to Message Id: 73647
My turtle’s skin is peeling....
tahnk you!! that helps a lot : ) I have a question...if I know my turtles are hungry, even though I just fed them a couple hours ago, should i feed them again? Can I overfeed my turtles? I figured they would know when whether or not their hungry.
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05/15/04 12:29pm
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#73907
Anole_keeper
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Message To: Souljah_girl In reference to Message Id: 73777
My turtle’s skin is peeling....
well the thinf w/ RES’s is that their always hungry!....so only feed once a day and if u feel bad for not feedin them, then put in a large piece of rommaine lettuce.
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05/15/04 7:14pm
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#74252
Slim
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Message To: Anole_keeper In reference to Message Id: 73907
My turtle’s skin is peeling....
hi well for a start you should have yuor turt’s in a bigger tank they need 10 inches of water per inch of turtle plus a extra 15 inch for basking. i have 2 yellow bellied slider’s. i feed them a mixter of feeder fish an fruit an veg, on a rota. like one day they have green leavy stuff. then the next they have fruit stuff like papaya, an apple, then the day after that they have feeder fish, an so on, they need a varied diet. i also give them veggie pellet’s once a week. my turt’s live in a 160 gallon tank in athew year i will need to change it, my turt’s are only 2inch an 2, 1/3 inch long so plenty of time yet. hope this help’s
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05/16/04 4:16pm
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#74261
Slim
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Message To: Slim In reference to Message Id: 74252
My turtle’s skin is peeling....
hiu it could be that your turt is shedding his/her skin at the mo, is it like spider’s web. if so it’s most likely shedding nothing wrong its just growing.
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05/16/04 4:31pm
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#74493
Souljah_girl
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Message To: Slim In reference to Message Id: 74261
My turtle’s skin is peeling....
hmm...i have a long 29 gallon tank...that’s still too small for a redear that’s about 1 1/2 inches in length? Yay! I’m glad that the peeling skin means their growing! I’ve noticed their shell has gotten a little bit bigger...about when should I start giving them feeder fish? 
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05/17/04 2:53am
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#74814
Anole_keeper
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Message To: Souljah_girl In reference to Message Id: 74493
My turtle’s skin is peeling....
i’d say 4-5 inches is good for feeder fish(rosie red’s or guppies....NOT GOLDFISH!)goldfish r bad because they have a chemical that does not let calcium absorb!but u should feed crickets.personally tho, i have raied 3 healthy RES’s from just fluker’s aquatic turtle pellets w/ free-dried shrimps and the occasional feeder fish and lettuce.
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05/17/04 9:26pm
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#75978
Greendragons
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Message To: Anole_keeper In reference to Message Id: 74814
My turtle’s skin is peeling....
Crickets are high in phosphorus and should not be fed to your turtle unless they are gut loaded in calcium first. Goldfish do contain some biotin which binds to calcium, but what makes a goldfish useful is that they have bones..and bones are made of calcium. You can give your turtle goldfish as long as you have additional calcium available like a cuttle bone for birds. Or A calcium block for rodents, or turtles...keep in mind the medicated turtle blocks lack in calcium. GD
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05/20/04 8:23pm
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#78028
FrogFreak
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Message To: Greendragons In reference to Message Id: 75978
My turtle’s skin is peeling....
Thank you for posting - I was worried when I saw the 1st post about NO GOLDFISH. Our pet store (and yes, I know they often give bad advice) told us he was eating 5 goldfish per day, no pellets - no vegetation. We changed the diet to 2 goldfish per day, some turtle pellets and fresh veggies for him to chomp on. We also have the cuttlebone in the tank as well, which he really seems to like. Thank you also for posting re: the peeling skin. We just noticed that ours is doing that as well in the past 2 days. I was worried we were doing something wrong. This is a great forum - I’m sure it’s saved me a TON in vet bills already! :)
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05/26/04 1:56am
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#152570
Evan4622
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Message To: FrogFreak In reference to Message Id: 78028
 My turtle’s skin is peeling....
Hi. My name is Evan. My Turtles name is swami. We live in a tiny apartment all alone right now while I’m going to college. I love turtles. I dont know why, but I just love the looks on their faces. Swami lookslike he is always smiling. Anyway His skin is peeling right now too. I take good care of him, doing everything I can to keep him healthy. He is in a big tank with turtle ramps and everthing. What I’m getting at here is that I work so hard to keep my turtle healthy and happy, but my Aunt has had her turtle for 6 years now and does almost nothing. Her Turtle is fully grown, he lives in a small little tank with 3 seashells, can’t even get out of the water to bake, no light, no heater, very small cage with just enough room to turn around, she only feeds him pellets.THE THING IS THAT THE TURTLE IS PERFECTLY FINE!!! HE’S SO HEALTHY LOOKING. EVEN IN THE WINTER WITH NO HEAT, HE STILL GOES STRONG. Looking at her turtle, I’m begining to think that the turtle market sucks us all in, wanting us to buy more and more things. Don’t get me wrong I love my Swami and will continue to do everything in this world for him, but their real environment is in a merky nasty pond and we continue to make out turtles swim in bottled water or treated tap water. I just think they may be spoiled hahahah! Keep taking care of your turtles and show them the attention they need please.
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10/01/04 12:26pm
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#153160
JEFF QUARLES
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Message To: Souljah_girl In reference to Message Id: 73617
My turtle’s skin is peeling....
TRY AND KEEP THIER TEMP AT 82 DEGREES.
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10/02/04 6:06am
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#156803
Mat
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Message To: JEFF In reference to Message Id: 153160
My turtle’s skin is peeling....
when you say 82 degrees is that farenhiet or celcius (im english not american and there fore dont use ferenhieght probarbly not even spelling it right but roughly how hot is that.
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10/07/04 4:23pm
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#156804
Mat
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Message To: JEFF In reference to Message Id: 153160
My turtle’s skin is peeling....
when you say 82 degrees is that farenhiet or celcius (im english not american and there fore dont use ferenhieght probarbly not even spelling it right but roughly how hot is that.
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10/07/04 4:23pm
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#157101
Ninanater
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Message To: Mat In reference to Message Id: 156804
My turtle’s skin is peeling....
82 F... i think that would kill something if it were 82 degrees celcius
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10/07/04 10:28pm
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#157673
Dragón_Dorado
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Message To: Ninanater In reference to Message Id: 157101
My turtle’s skin is peeling....
72 degreesF= 32 degreesC.
That’s a definate dead turtle if it is 42 degreesF.-collin
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10/08/04 8:44pm
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