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Redfoot plastron trouble

ftrs Oct 03, 2007 12:04 PM

I have about 20 hatchlings that are kept on moist cypress mulch.
The older ones(one to two months old) are showing indented and concave plastrons. I have never seen this before and have raised many. It's as if the plastron is sucking in or colapsing on one side of the center or the whole center.
Could this be from them piling on top of each other in the corners of the large tub at night?
Anyone out there know what may be causing this?

Replies (1)

ftrs Oct 04, 2007 05:11 AM

Figured it out.
I noticed this problem late at night. The next day(yesterday) I got home from work and they were all fine(flat). They dent in at night from piling up or resting on chunks of mulch. They flatten out when they start moving around.

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