I am not sure you could determine if the tongue itself is deformed or "too short". The tongue is made up of extremely elastic muscle fiber making it difficult to figure out whether it is actually too short (simple defect) or that the muscle isn't stretching correctly. That could lead in to all sorts of nutritional problems (poor muscle formation due to deficiencies), genetic problems (a percentage of any clutch of babies won't be perfect and won't survive), or behavioral problems (not needing to use it to the full extent). I don't know if it will help, but there is a vet article on "tongue problems" on the ADCHAM website if I remember correctly.

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