Overshot bottom jaw.

Ian Dawson

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Good evening.
I have had 8 baby Hermans hatched over the last 4 years, the first 2 were and still are fine, but the last 6 have all had overshot bottom jaws/beaks.
I have read a few old posts about this, is there any recent advice on why this happens or how if possible fixing this.
This chap is 18 months old.
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Yvonne G

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In my opinion it's a lack of calcium. I had the same thing with a clutch of nine Manouria intergrade hatchlings. All the ones sold turned out fine but the four I kept all had that beak problem and comparing my care with theirs the only difference was I didn't supplement calcium.
 
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