my yellow bellied terapin flaky skin

by maxine
(uk)

hey my female yellow bellied slider has got flakey skin it on her legs and around her neck. theres quite alot could there be a problem or is this normal growth?

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Dec 03, 2010

Flaky skin
by: Shelly

A certain amount of shedding skin is normal during growth. Once the animal is full grown, you should not see mass shedding.

Here is a good link for information about shedding skin.

Keep it slow and steady.

Dec 03, 2010

its new skin
by: madhoora

ur tortoise is growing. its getting its new skin. its very normal. even humans shed there skin (its called as dead skin).

Nov 28, 2010

flaky skin
by: Anonymous

She could be shedding her skin. That's normal.

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