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box turtle belly shell

 
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 4:18 pm    Post subject: box turtle belly shell Reply with quote

the belly shell of my box turtle is caving in. i have no idea what this is or whats causing it. can someone help me with this?
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 10:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i would help if you had pictures... Would it have anything to do with the diet? What do youu feed it??
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 5:39 pm    Post subject: box turtle belly shell Reply with quote

i feed them nightcrawlers and greens. they seem to eat ok. they don't seem unhealthy. their belly shell is drawing in towards their top shell. never seen anything like this. am unable to post pictures at this time.
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 6:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

you should also try feeding it strawberrys, rasberrys and tomatoes... Yu should try mixing in its food mashed up cuttle bone.
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 10:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

On a side note, if you leave the cuttle bone whole, just take off the hard shell it helps file the beak down.
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 11:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

thank you for all your help.
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