MBD sign?

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steven

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So I heard that a slanting and not rounding rear end is signs of MBD. I got my Sulcata when he was a couple weeks old and I remember him looking like this. Hes about 4 months old now.
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That does slope off a bit more than normal, but not very bad. All you can do is make sure he gets his calcium and vitamin d3.
 

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Okay. I was scared after I read about it. But I got an MVB for christmas and I give calcium 2-3 times a week. So it might just be a defect? Because he was outside everyday in the summer for at least an hour.
 

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I think that's just his unique shell shape.

For comparison, here is a picture of my rescued hermann's, who has severe MBD. You can see that her rear carapace is severely sloped with a pronounced divot at the middle back of the shell.

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In my opinion, yours looks like a normal, albeit unusual, shape.
 

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I have looked over them from day one. I spray multiple times a day and keep his humidity high. His shell looks a lot better than in the photos, now that I look back on them.

Thanks!
 
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