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Old 02-02-2013, 03:01 PM   #1
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Default Please help! Deformed Shell/MBD? (photo heavy)

Hi all, I would like to ask whether my tort has problem with her shell and is it the starting of MBD (I hope not ). My tort was born with a 'funny' shell and for this reason, I don't know if this is the cause of the slightly deformed shell, or is it me who didn't take care of her well enough...For reference, I have included a few of her baby pic as well.

Temperature is ~32C at hot end, ~20C cold end. I give her 2 x T5 D3 lamp (12% UVB). I feed her mostly pellet these days supplemented with Calcium and Nutrobal.

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Now (almost 3 yrs old):


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Old 02-02-2013, 03:23 PM   #2
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How long is she and how much does she weigh?

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Old 02-02-2013, 03:23 PM   #3
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She looks good to me, her shell is a weird shape but her shell was like that when she hatched. X
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Old 02-02-2013, 07:30 PM   #4
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She's roughly 10cm long and weighs around 200grams. Probably a little underweight? Her shell was not exactly 'round' if you look at the first photo of her now. Is it true their shell grow vertically then sideways?
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Old 02-02-2013, 08:19 PM   #5
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Well at 10cm she should be around 229g, so not that far off. The growth is smooth, so it could be just genetic the way that she's growing. Not really seeing a problem with it.

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Old 02-02-2013, 10:07 PM   #6
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She doesn't look too bad to me either.
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I thought she looked good too
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Old 02-02-2013, 11:46 PM   #8
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That's really reassuring...I was just not sure as her shell looks different to others...but now I feel fine!!
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I think she looks quite nice too. Considering everything you are doing is spot on, I can't see how it's your fault that she's a slightly odd shape, I think it's more likely genetic. She's very pretty
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