Are these white lines the start of growth??
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Gymtimpro
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What white lines?
Gymtimpro
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They could be good for you make sure u keep it full of all the proper nutrients and dont slack off during growing years 
btw check out my conversation from the other day im looking for feedback
btw check out my conversation from the other day im looking for feedbackThey could be good for you make sure u keep it full of all the proper nutrients and dont slack off during growing years
What conversation are you talking about? So I know what to look for.
They could be good for you make sure u keep it full of all the proper nutrients and dont slack off during growing years
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from what I can see, it does look like it!!
To me it looks like the tortoise's new growth is way dry, Denise. New growth on a leopard baby seldom comes in white like that. I'll bet if you rub some coconut oil in there then polish it all off with a soft cloth, the white will disappear.
Olive oil would be ok. Just be sure to polish it all off so he's not left with a sticky shell.
Theo.tortoise.lover.7
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I am in the same boat as you, mine baby leopard is getting the exact same thing as yours! Its awesome
How old is your tort?I am in the same boat as you, mine baby leopard is getting the exact same thing as yours! Its awesome
Theo.tortoise.lover.7
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only about a month old! Check out my thread on tortoise to see some pics. My profile pic is him as of a few days ago, too.
I don't know if leopards grow different to redfoots(I wouldn't have thought so). But if I don't see white lines coming as they grow then I get worried. All my smooth growing babies and juveniles show white lines as they grow.
I see it as proof the new keratin filled in the crevice between the scutes as they grew. if I don't see the white lines then I think the new keratin hasn't quite filled the crevice correct and smooth. Sometimes I can only see the white lines when they are wet, this I think is when they are growing slow, if they grow fast it's an obvious white line because the new keratin filled a wider crevice. As the new white keratin hardens off it becomes dark and the process starts again. Well that's what I'm thinking with the redfoots anyway, and I've noticed it with the hingebacks too.
My reds and hingebacks are not kept dry.
I see it as proof the new keratin filled in the crevice between the scutes as they grew. if I don't see the white lines then I think the new keratin hasn't quite filled the crevice correct and smooth. Sometimes I can only see the white lines when they are wet, this I think is when they are growing slow, if they grow fast it's an obvious white line because the new keratin filled a wider crevice. As the new white keratin hardens off it becomes dark and the process starts again. Well that's what I'm thinking with the redfoots anyway, and I've noticed it with the hingebacks too.
My reds and hingebacks are not kept dry.
Thank you for the information.. I just wish he would grow already passed 37g!!!
I don't know your story with this guy.
Have you had problems with him growing.
I just read some of your other thread. This guy was 33g on 8th July. What he way now?
