This is something I've noticed about Pumpkin's appearance for a while now, and althought I've mentioned it before and people don't seem to think it's a problem, I feel like mentioning it again. It seems as though Pumpkin's fourth vertebral scute is intented, while all of his other scutes are growing outwards to form the shell's typical domed shape. Here are some pictures where you can kind of see what I'm talking about.
Previously I had been giving Pumpkin ReptiCal calcium supplement twice a week, but after I saw him eating some clay I have since switched over to Sticky Tongue Farm's product Miner-All, which also includes calcium. He also chews on his cuttlebone on a regular basis. He has a U.V. strip light, but I just ordered a Zoo Med ReptiSun 10.0 High Output UVB Fluorescent Bulb because I believe that will provide him with more UVB than my current bulb. I take him outside whenever possible but lately we've been getting nothing but rain so I haven't been able to put him out. I feed Pumpkin a "salad" which includes both broad and narrow plantain, white and red clover, dandelion, sow thistle, globe thistle, chickweed, bittercress, Rose of Sharon leaves, grape vine leaves, and a few other wildflowers/weeds. He also gets a different grocery green in this mix every week (kale, mustard greens, collared greens, turnip greens, swiss chard, spring mix, raddichio, etc...). Do you think this sloping of the scute is indicative of MBD? Should I supplement more calcium, or is this just how his shell is naturally shaped?
Previously I had been giving Pumpkin ReptiCal calcium supplement twice a week, but after I saw him eating some clay I have since switched over to Sticky Tongue Farm's product Miner-All, which also includes calcium. He also chews on his cuttlebone on a regular basis. He has a U.V. strip light, but I just ordered a Zoo Med ReptiSun 10.0 High Output UVB Fluorescent Bulb because I believe that will provide him with more UVB than my current bulb. I take him outside whenever possible but lately we've been getting nothing but rain so I haven't been able to put him out. I feed Pumpkin a "salad" which includes both broad and narrow plantain, white and red clover, dandelion, sow thistle, globe thistle, chickweed, bittercress, Rose of Sharon leaves, grape vine leaves, and a few other wildflowers/weeds. He also gets a different grocery green in this mix every week (kale, mustard greens, collared greens, turnip greens, swiss chard, spring mix, raddichio, etc...). Do you think this sloping of the scute is indicative of MBD? Should I supplement more calcium, or is this just how his shell is naturally shaped?
