Soo cute, she/he looks like it may have some Metabolic bone disease....just make sure she/he gets uvb, sunshine, and calcium. When i got my 3 toed his carapace was slanted downward in the back too, but he's doing much better now.
Hi everyone. I have 2 box turtles that I purchased online from 2 different places and 6 months apart. The first one (Pepper) from lllreptile and the second (Pluckie) from Mynewturtle.com. I got Pepper when she was about 1 week old and Pluckie at app. 6 months, but are both 1.5 yrs old now.
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You are right, you can get it from anything. One piece of evidence was that they would sit on my hand and then crawl up my arm to my shoulders. Well I had 2 lesions on my arms and 2 on my shoulder area. You and me are two different people, I felt it was best that I not stay in the program and...
I was studying to become a vet tech and not all animals show symptoms. I also did research, sometime the lesions are obvious but sometimes there are none.[hr]
Also I highly doubt they were from the animals from school as they were born in labs and other student would have shows signs too.[hr]...
It's only 20 gallons but I think it's ok for her now, she's a little less than 2 inches and usually stays partially buried in one spot when she not eating.