MBD symptoms on a Mediterranean tortoise

Abdulla6169

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We used to have a tortoise a few years back....... She used to live in a really bad enclosure (small area, no water, only lettuce for food, "pet store care") in our house. We didn't know any better.... I believe she died of MBD, she also had a soft shell when she/he had died... Is that enough info to conclude she died from MBD? She was the type of tortoise that "Never Grows" thats what the pet store said ( she never had obvious pyramiding )... Any experience or facts someone can tell me, any obvious symptoms on MBD for Mediterranean tortoises?
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All I can say, is that isn't really enough info to determine if it was MBD. However, s/he probably did have it, along with a bunch of other problems from the way the pet store told you to care for it. Like lack of UVB, Calcium just to name a few.
 

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All I can say, is that isn't really enough info to determine if it was MBD. However, s/he probably did have it, along with a bunch of other problems from the way the pet store told you to care for it. Like lack of UVB, Calcium just to name a few.
Thanks, pyramiding isn't something you can call a symptom if the tortoise doesn't grow, right?
 
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