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    Shell rot and soft shell

    You can't really see it in the picture but it's almost like indents . The first two black shapes from tail up (it's at the top of those) in the middle
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    Shell rot and soft shell

    Hmm I thought it was kind of squishy but am not very experienced so unsure as to how much like a butter lid it felt like , I'll keep an eye on him he seems fine in himself and loves causing mischief! What age do they start hardening up?
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    Shell rot and soft shell

    Yep it's about 11" away
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    Shell rot and soft shell

    Hope so it just looked a bit uneven and funny you can't really see it in the pic
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    Shell rot and soft shell

    Only noticed it now byt only had him four weeks or so and got a uvb strip light 10.0 repti glo
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    Shell rot and soft shell

    Hi yep daily soaks :) and what age do they start getting harder shells
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    Shell rot and soft shell

    Here is a pic not really showing it completely it is white above the black bits near his tail
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    Shell rot and soft shell

    hi, paranoid tortoise Mum here again. My 7month old hermann appears to have some white on his underneath of his shell. His shell is also quite soft on the bottom and a little soft on top. Unsure what to do as not sure if it's shell rot or something bad? He has been having calcium and nutrobal...
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    Is he ill?

    No he's only had it there for few days seems to be when he started getting sluggish. So I'll try moving it along a little so it's more central . I scoured the net on mounting heights and all I found was 12 inches , the light works up to 20" away so I maybe could try it a little higher . The...
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    Is he ill?

    I know that he is also not used to uvb as I spoke to the person I got him off and he didn't have uvb whilst he was with her :/
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    Is he ill?

    there's a pic , it's mounted just under 12 inches from the ground so about 11 from him.
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    Is he ill?

    Been watching him today and am wondering if he sits with his eyes closed because his uvb light it too bright? I'm using repti glo 10.0 tube strip light with reflector behind it. It seems when I switched it off briefly earlier and left his basking lamp only on he went back to his usual exploring...
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    Is he ill?

    Ok thanks
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    Is he ill?

    Yes he's still a baby , he's about 6months old . I've done so much reading lately to check everything is ok, I just want to make sure everything is good for him and don't want to let him down. I'll definitely be getting a temperature gun and look into CHE and some kind of cover for our table...
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    Is he ill?

    I got him through a friends friend as theirs had babies, he measure 5.25 cm roughly and weighs 25.5g he isn't gaining weight at all yet and hasn't in last week I've been using spray bottles and such to try to keep humidity up but again there are many different recommendations of the correct...
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