Re: Soft Plastron Hardening

[Sudhira]

Does anyone here have experience with medicating a tortoise for soft plastron? I am doing just that and curious as to the approx. time interval for plastron hardening/health.

Thank you!

 

[egyptiandan]

It will probably take about 6 months to get the plastron hard.

Danny

 

[Sudhira]

It will probably take about 6 months to get the plastron hard.

Danny

Thank you Danny,

I was hoping it would be 6 weeks, haha, but as long as it does harden, that is what counts!

 

[samstar]

Curious, whats the reason to soft plastron? Vitamin defficiency?

 

[Sudhira]

I feel the reason this little CDT has a soft plastron was due to poor husbandry. Diet,calcium, sunshine, and all the rest. Plus the trauma of being mauled by dog.

I check the plastron yesterday after 2 weeks of liquid calcium glubionate, and it seems firmer.

 

[Tom]

With lots of sunshine, good diet and proper supplementation, I've seen significant improvement in the first month. It will take longer than that to really firm up, depending upon how bad it was to begin with. Its been MY experience that this takes longer under artificial UV lights, but they don't hurt either. The mercury vapor types have worked the best for me, as opposed to the flourescents, but a combination of both would be best for indoors for this situation.

 

[Sudhira]

I use MVB and sunshine ( when available )...come on sunshine!