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It looks like maybe metabolic bone disease caused by bad diet and not enough UV.Yes it is soft, like we can push it in. We raised the lamp so high because the temp in that spot was over 100 degrees when lowered.
You are correct. Temperatures over 90 stress out a Redfoot tortoise and they will overheat and die.
I always recommend a strip florescent fixture with a 5.0 tube.