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Does my baby turtle have parasites?

Really tiny to see but look inside the red circles they are tiny white thin and moving against the glass my snapping turtle I got from this guy had them but they were much larger and I got this turtle from him too

Also his skin has like stuff floating off it it looks like toilet paper stuck on his feet.

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  • 7 years ago
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    Can't tell what the white flecks are but I can tell you that your "snapping" turtle is an eastern painted turtle. Try using a stronger filter or a second filter to see if that helps. You might also remove the rocks.

    The paper-like stuff is shedding skin, perfectly normal.

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