Sometimes baby softshells will experiance shell flipping when they are fed too much. What happens is their shell grows more rapiddly than the rest of the turtle and this causes the deformitty. Try to make sure that your sof shell is getting a varity of food so that it has all the esstesial nutriants, but do not over feed them. A UVB light should be used 12 hours a day. I have found Mercury bulbs work the best. As for your two that are not eating one possibility is that your one with the shell flip was dominating the food. If a baby turtle is not getting enough food their stomaches will shrink. If it shrinks two much, they may forfeit eating all together. A good was to intice them to eat again is to add electrylites to the water and try feeding them some fresh fish with calcium and vitamin D3 injected into it. YOu can also restart their appatite by using a food supplement. I Use nutrical for the sick thin turtles that I inherate, but I hear that JUmp Start works well too. Good luck.

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