In recent years, more and more people keep pet turtles, so there are more and more problems to be paid attention to about keeping pet turtles. Crustaceans will shed their shells when their armor reaches a certain level, and turtles are no exception. This time we will talk about how turtles shed their shells.

How do turtles molt?

The tortoise also needs to shed its shell. The molting of the turtle is not like lobster crabs, the whole shell is completely shed and replaced with a new carapace. Rather, the stratum corneum-like substance on its back and belly shell sheds little by little. When you find the translucent dead skin on a turtle's neck in the water, that's what it sheds. During the tortoise shelling, pay attention to nutritional supplements and feed it more calcium-rich food, which will help the turtle shell better.