Hardening process.

Anyfoot

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When a tortoise hatches it's soft and supple, over a period of time it straightens out from being curled up in the egg then hardens off so the plastron and Carapace are hard. What actually is happening when it's hardening off, is it related to vitamins, does growth play a part, I have one tort that is 9months old and growing very very slowly, infact my 3 month olds are not far off the same size, however the 9 month old is rock hard and my 3 month olds are still flexible.

My question is, what do we know about this hardening off process?

Thanks.
 
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