Hello wonderful people,
Iv been a little worried and doing all I can to prevent my babies from developing soft shell, they have cuttlefish in their table and a uv strip light attached to the inside of their table! I also sprinkle calcium on food now and again and iv also ordered vitamin supplement powder netrobol (something like this)
Looking at teeny and tiny they look absolutely fine, although I may be over feeding teeny as she or he is getting a little big and starting to develop very small faint White line on his shell! Anyway I decided to have a good feel of there shell, gently squeezing and now although they are hard they are not rock hard, when squeezing there is a little movement of the shell and it feels a little soft, really little amount! Make sense? Anyway is this normal? Should there shells be really really hard or is it normal for there to be a little movement when gently squeezing the shell??
See picture bellow of the table with the light and Its position
Amanda
Iv been a little worried and doing all I can to prevent my babies from developing soft shell, they have cuttlefish in their table and a uv strip light attached to the inside of their table! I also sprinkle calcium on food now and again and iv also ordered vitamin supplement powder netrobol (something like this)
Looking at teeny and tiny they look absolutely fine, although I may be over feeding teeny as she or he is getting a little big and starting to develop very small faint White line on his shell! Anyway I decided to have a good feel of there shell, gently squeezing and now although they are hard they are not rock hard, when squeezing there is a little movement of the shell and it feels a little soft, really little amount! Make sense? Anyway is this normal? Should there shells be really really hard or is it normal for there to be a little movement when gently squeezing the shell??
See picture bellow of the table with the light and Its position
Amanda