Hello, my name's Nicole. I am a first time turtle ownere however my husband has had turtles before. He told me everything I need to know about how to care for our one year old Mississippi map turtle, Banner, while he is on the road (he is a trucker). Everything was going well, I clean her tank once a week, feed her regularly and on the same schedule he did, change her filter on time, give her 8-10 hours of basking light a day, etc only today I noticed a couple small suspicious spots on her carapice and it also looks a little dry, I am worried this may be shell rot and need some advice. I do not have regular transportation and would not be able to get her to a vet until Wednesday and I don't want to wait that long. If she needs betadine (sp?) I can get it from the hospital I work at I'm sure but I need advice! I will post pictues of her but I apologize for the quality as they are from my cell phone. The first 2 will be of her a few weeks ago pre-spots...the rest are what I noticed today.
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Banner said:Hello, my name's Nicole. I am a first time turtle ownere however my husband has had turtles before. He told me everything I need to know about how to care for our one year old Mississippi map turtle, Banner, while he is on the road (he is a trucker). Everything was going well, I clean her tank once a week, feed her regularly and on the same schedule he did, change her filter on time, give her 8-10 hours of basking light a day, etc only today I noticed a couple small suspicious spots on her carapice and it also looks a little dry, I am worried this may be shell rot and need some advice. I do not have regular transportation and would not be able to get her to a vet until Wednesday and I don't want to wait that long. If she needs betadine (sp?) I can get it from the hospital I work at I'm sure but I need advice! I will post pictues of her but I apologize for the quality as they are from my cell phone. The first 2 will be of her a few weeks ago pre-spots...the rest are what I noticed today.
I added another picture thats a little closer up on her shell
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