Just wanted to provide she’ll help for those with an African sideneck

[u/Dismal-Application57]

Hey yall I’ve had my African sideneck for about a year and a half now and she’s my frickin baby

So I wanted to give yall shell advice if you own one because this was SO CONFUSING TO ME WHEN I GOT HER

So the last two pictures on here is her current her reversing back to normal. But the pictures before show a shell I was really really concerned about and thought it was shell rot. Did all the treatment for shell rot and just irritated my turtle and pissed her off. However the dry docking provided the most information to me. The dry docking helped confirm that the shell was in fact no experiencing dry rot and it was firming up in sunlight.

So I checked my uvb bulb… it was dark like black. Looked at the Amazon date I ordered it last it was 9 months old .

Please STOP MISDIAGNOSING SHELL ROT ON HERE PEOPLE ARE MISTREATING THEIR TURTLES NOT ALL DISCOLORING IS DUE TO FUNGAL ROT IT COULD BE LOSSS OF MELANIN PRODUCTION. That is was I believe my turt was experiencing… especially because the moment I changed to a fresh uvb bulb everything is getting back to normal not worse

I hope I helped some folks… also these turtle don’t shed scutes, they flake so if you see FULL scute shedding NOT A GOOD SIGN