pyramiding

Hi all! I’m just messaging to get some general advice really: Arnie is my 6 y/o Russian Horsefield. He recently had a check-up at the vets who advised he is ‘on the skinny side’ and that I can increase his daily food intake. For reference he has a mix of lambs lettuce, kale, petunias and...

Hi! My hermann's tortoise is currently 2 or so years old and has been showing signs of pyramiding. I've tried everything I know and was hoping could get any advice here since I don't know many people with expertise. I feed her a "spring mix" and always take out the spinach as well as a mix of...

Breaking my own heart here because this raising came out of nowhere from day to night. He's always had a silly scute (3rd one down from top/bottom). I'm not a fan of this and am literally going to force him to stay moist. Lol he's so spoiled and prefers dry/heat. We live in Florida. He's always...

Hi everyone, This is Frank our dwarf Hermann tortoise, he is 2 years old and recently we have noticed his shell has been pyramiding. We feed him fresh crispy lettuce (With calcium and nutrobal - every other day) every day, alongside his tortoise mix food - but he doesn’t really eat much of...

HI Everyone, I recently acquired a new male radiate tortoise. It has extreme case of pyramiding because it was given diet mostly on pellets and bad humidity. Its 23cm. Can he improve? Because I know males can go above 35cm. Will such pyramiding cause any defects in the future? such as walking...

I made this thread for me/other be updating on my tortoises Current state, including health,Pyramiding, and current physical state. Hope you join and provide any information that helps me acknowledge their health being. Pointing out if any of tortoises is displaying any Pyramiding or health...

Hi Everyone, Recently, a friend of mine gave me this radiated tortoise. It is a male and the size is 29cm. I know that males can grow up to 40cm. So is there any possibility that the pyramiding will get better (smooth out) overtime?

hi there! i’ve had my baby tortoise for 2 months now and she is 6 months old. She’s always had a couple lumps and was the largest out of her brothers and sisters. I am worried she is showing early signs of pyramiding and am looking for advice on how i can help/if it’s an issue. Attached below...

I'm a new tortoise owner and I'd like some opinions if mine has a healthy shell or if it's started pyramiding

Hello all! I have a 2 1/2 year old Leopard Tortoise that has some pyramiding, and I have been going out of my mind trying to figure out how to prevent it. I got her at one year old (with some pyramiding already), and followed all the guides on this forum about closed chambers, diet, daily...

When I purchased him/her I was provided a tortoise table along with a load of bad advice. I quickly found out all the information was wrong. I contacted the breeder and asked him how he raised his hatchlings. He said in an open top table with D3 lighting “he seemed to think D3 bulbs are the holy...

Hi everyone, I have had my little tortoise for over a month and wanted to think if you guys thought he had any signs of pyramiding. I'm pretty sure was he overfed and not kept in the best environment previously. I keep convincing myself that I can see super slight signs of pyramiding, but I may...

Hi there. I have a 2 year old Horsefield named Crystal. We rescued her from a house where she had been living with another Horsefield and was being g bullied. She has been with us since June and we are trying everting we can to make sure she has the best set up and life from now on. I wanted to...

Hello! I'm new here and also have a post about my enclosure in the Introductions thread but had a question about RF shell pyramiding. I'm buying my juvenile redfoot today from Petco - the guy there didn't seem to know much but said it was a couple years old. He's still small, maybe 6 inches...

I did my best trying to provide as much humidity as I can. I know it's not perfect but I hope they'll continue growing up smoothly where it'll become hardly noticeable haha.

Does this shell growth look okay or are there signs of pyramiding? Does he look overall healthy? Loki is just over 7 months old, shell length of about 5.8cm and weighs an average of 40g. I feed a mix of lettuces, clover, chickweed and pansy leaves every day and dust with nutrobal over every...

Hello! So I was scrubbing my Sulcata’s shell and noticed that her shell had like a faint burning smell to it. I couldn’t find anything online about it, so I thought I’d post it here. I use a SolarGlo bulb, I think it’s one wattage down from the highest they offer. Her heat lamp is 14 inches away...

Hello, new owner and member of this site. I have a baby leopard and sense finding this site I've saw others post pics and made me worried ,is my Lenard pyramiding? Ever sense I've owned him I've had trouble with humidity levels. I have moss under my cypress bedding, large water dish ...

Hello Everyone, I am new to the forum. I have a young possibly 2 years old Indian star. Her name is Valentine, but she could actually be he. She is my little angel. I am worried that in the last 6 months she developed pyramiding, please see the photos. Her length is about 10 cm. Apart from...

Hi! I have a one year old Sulcata, and a few months ago I noticed her shell was slightly raised. My friend who is a naturalist said that a slightly bumpy shell is normal, but I really think it’s a case of pyramiding. I upped her soaks from twice a week to everyday and I started to mist her...