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    Stopping those pyramids...and sort of introduction

    one year later: 1371 grams (I know, slow grower) I can't believe how stubborn some of these scutes are in smoothing out! But we're getting there.
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    care to take a guess? https://www.tortoiseforum.org/attachments/20190509_191433-jpg.271812/

    care to take a guess? https://www.tortoiseforum.org/attachments/20190509_191433-jpg.271812/
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    Stopping those pyramids...and sort of introduction

    Attached some new photo's. Planning to keep updating this thread the coming years, so we will see in the end, but if you want to take a guess you can see the belly to wager on the gender.
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    Stopping those pyramids...and sort of introduction

    I'd say (s)he looks great!
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    Stopping those pyramids...and sort of introduction

    It's difficult to see whether there is continued pyramiding from this angle, the dark growth rings wouldn't worry me too much, for general care there is an excellent sticky at the top of the Sulcata page here on the forum, I would suggest perusing that for more info.
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    Stopping those pyramids...and sort of introduction

    long overdue update. Binky is now over 1 kg (around 2 pounds), at almost 4 years. That's very slow compared to other sulcata's I've seen here, but maybe that's because (s)he gets a fibrous low protein food. Pyramiding is completely gone in the side scutes, but the top ones are stubborn still...
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    Stopping those pyramids...and sort of introduction

    Souds logical, it seems to slowly get better, I'll post pictures soon.
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    Stopping those pyramids...and sort of introduction

    Still going strong and growing strong. Out in the yard stomping around. Top shutes remain an issue.
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    Stopping those pyramids...and sort of introduction

    No worries, I find this very interesting, squat the thread all you want :)
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    Stopping those pyramids...and sort of introduction

    So funny thing, a much belated update on Binky: he's now 440 grams, and doing very well. The top 3 shutes are hte most stubborn when it comes to smoothing out. I was travelling around Southern Africa in Januari and we found a baby Leopard crossing the road, and I think you can see some...
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    Who's Eyes Are Correct?

    Looks like his nictitating membrane, how long has this been going on?
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    Stopping those pyramids...and sort of introduction

    Here's the x-ray. Seems he swallowed a pebble as well, we'll see if that passes. I'll make another one in a year and then we can see how it develops.
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    Routine Veterinarian checks

    I´m a vet and I´d say: not without a reason. It's difficult to do a better assessment of a tortoise's healthy in the clinic (with lower temp, different surroundings and a stressed animal) than what you as an owner who knows your animal can see every day. A side from this there also the whole...
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    Stopping those pyramids...and sort of introduction

    Let me see if I can bring him by the clinic next week and make an xray, I'd be curious to see that as well. I'd even figure that if the bone is less pyramided these actual humps will fade a very small amount. However, normally the tissue is only about a mm thick so the bone should follow the...
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    Stopping those pyramids...and sort of introduction

    http://metro.co.uk/2015/12/08/australias-new-dinosaur-could-be-even-better-than-stegosaurus-5552512 :)
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