Pyramiding in tortoises with Metabolic Bone Disease

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RE: pyramiding with MBD

I also apologize if my tone or anything was harsh. It was not meant to be.
 
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Wow !Interesting post!I'm new here!Nice to share your post!
 
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What is the impact of marine pollution on the extent of tortoise?
We know that tortoise in high-level of the food chain.
Prey of contaminated marine.
Whether those pollutants would be deposited in their body?
 

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Outstanding thread. I struggle with this when I see it and become very sad. I know that alot of my hatchlings turn up years later with extreme pyramiding and it disgust me.
 

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Summarized, the article says that they still feel that early growth is a key factor- that we are not growing them slowly enough with enough bone density, although they admit that we don't have the final answer yet. They do agree that heightened humidity makes a smoother shell, but they feel it is an imperfect solution---- assuming I am reading it right.
 

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ahh, I see. Thanks Madkins. :cool:

Hopfully this (Pyramiding) isn't a "missing link" debate where the opponents just keep asking for evidence.
 

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Do you guys know which species are most prone to MBD? Many of the example pictures I saw are sulcatas.

I have a Greek, it's my first tortoise, it's been with me since it's only 4 months. It's one year old now, I do not see signs of MBD. What I heard is when you see uneven shell, it's too late to reverse it. This makes me nervous. It's like you never know before it's too late.
 
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In the second picture, there is no scute material over the slice of bone. The porous section you see is actually the bone. If there were a scute on the bone, it would look like a lump on the outside, but a cut off side view would look perfectly normal.
 
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