how do you tell if a painted turtle is shedding or if it has fungus?

Question

mt turtle has white stuff hanging from its skin.

Answer 1

If it is thin and looks like dead skin then it is sheding, if it looks thick and ***** then it is a bacteria infection, also if it is skin but it continues to shed for a month or more then it is another type of skin infection.

Answer 2

If its hanging off the skin cut a sample if the smple when in light looks like the imprint of skin it's sheding if its slimy and weird it's fungus.

Answer 3

Thin 'sunburn peeling'-like pieces of skin that often vanish in the water is shedding. A whitish growth on the skin is fungus.

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Answer 4

Very easy answer, it is defiantly skin shedding but you need to turn down the basking lamp to around 80 degrees for ultimate comfort. Hope you get everything sorted for peice of mind

Answer 5

When it sheds you see skin every where when it is fungus you fele slimy stuff on them