santorozoo
New Member
OK - so here he is. He’s bigger than the 5-6” they told me he was. When we get home I’ll measure. I have some concerns. Anyone think these are early signs of MBD?? Is this mainly just the dehydration, or lack of calcium? Or BOTH?
1. The pyramiding is worse than initial pictures show I think. See pictures. I also included a couple of close ups of a seriously dry looking shell. [emoji22]
2. Plastron doesn’t look good. Hard to tell from the pictures but each hypoplastron (I think that’s what they’re called?) areas are pretty sunken in. The plastron IS hard, though.
I know this damage can not be undone even with ideal care moving forward, but any other advice folks can give would be great! I had planned a closed chamber but now if he IS 10-12” should I be keeping him outdoors instead? I do already have the setup.
Thanks, all!
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1. The pyramiding is worse than initial pictures show I think. See pictures. I also included a couple of close ups of a seriously dry looking shell. [emoji22]
2. Plastron doesn’t look good. Hard to tell from the pictures but each hypoplastron (I think that’s what they’re called?) areas are pretty sunken in. The plastron IS hard, though.
I know this damage can not be undone even with ideal care moving forward, but any other advice folks can give would be great! I had planned a closed chamber but now if he IS 10-12” should I be keeping him outdoors instead? I do already have the setup.
Thanks, all!
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