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RE: Shell hardness

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Posted by: PHRatz at Mon May 28 09:54:09 2007  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by PHRatz ]  
   

As long as the tortoise is getting a good diet with enough calcium in it, and the opportunity to bask in the sun, that shell should harden up pretty well by the time it's a year old.

I wouldn't worry unless I saw signs of illness or signs that it's not getting any harder at all as time goes by.
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