help tortoise (white squiggly lines)

Badi

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is this normal for marginated tortoise to have these marks on his shell
 

Badi

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Sorry here is the pictures , he has it all over him image.jpgimage.jpg
 
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Badi

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Yes, it's perfectly normal for those little white squiggly lines in the keratin,
Oh right its just that they started to appear in the last couple of weeks since his been under his Heat lamp more then usual .
 

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Oh right will have a look now as i have been reading everything the owner of the shop gave me , plus i will have to talk to the man who works at the shop who sold me him as he obviously does not know what he is talking about , im glad i have found this website , he also walks around the house when im here .
 

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Oh right will have a look now as i have been reading everything the owner of the shop gave me , plus i will have to talk to the man who works at the shop who sold me him as he obviously does not know what he is talking about , im glad i have found this website , he also walks around the house when im here .
sadly most pet stores have no idea what they are taking about:(. yea you should never let your tort walk around your house he can easily eat a dust bunny or a pice of plastic, thats not good for him. do you provide your tort with access to water?
 
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