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Mate without seeing him it's difficult to say but it sounds as though your bluey might be developing metabolic bone disease. I would recommend plenty of calcium suppliment (every feed for a while) and taking him out into the sun every day for about 15 minutes (longer if you can). They often develop this hump and depression from the behaviour that puglsy described when they're suffering from MBD and their bones are too weak to cope...
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