pyramiding

I 7 years ago found this forum and closely followed Toms thread on avoiding pyramiding in Sulcatas. Here are my results. This is Sully now 7+ years old.

I have a 9 year old 50ish pound sulcata with 20ish inch carpace. I reccently adopted him and I want to make sure his shell is healthy. There are some interesting "squigally" grooves and one scute is lower, while the others are larger/more raised up. I currently feed him grass, timothy hay...

Hi all, My sulcata is 8 years old. In the summer he spends all day outside eating mainly grass and kale. In the winter he eats Kale and fruit. I give him cucumber to make sure he gets water. I feel like he is small for his age. Is he pyramiding? How bad do you think it is?

Hello, I have been dealing with a constipated tortoise for a few weeks now and things have started to move with a week at the vet. I have taken part of my latest update from my original post in hopes someone sees this title and might have some insight? Summary from original post... Bob...

Hi i got a red foot tortoise it is 5 months old but i am new to tortoises it is my first tortoise could you tell me if my tortoise is stating to pyramid or that is ok like that is normal for a baby red foot tortoise i have a few pic of my tortoise if you want to look and see if he is starting...

So a while back, about 4 years ago to be exact, I fell victim to all the misinformation there is about sulcatas and tortoises in general. I did my research, but it appears in all the wrong places. Some things you should know: This tortoise is now 4 years old and has some pyramiding, it's not the...

Hello all. I am back after the first real week of Steve and George being in a rudimentary closed chambers. Around 80% humidity, 83 degrees F day and 79 degrees F night, 3 soaks that last 30 minutes each, and 2 hours of outside time. I have been feeding Steve and George: romaine lettuce...

Hi, I'm a new tortoise owner, and so far I've had this Leopard Tortoise for about 6 months. When I got it, it was around 2 years old already, but I don't know it's birthday. It's also a female. It was bought by a zookeeper, who has a lot of reptiles, who bought it of a farmer or whatever in...

Hello, I am new to the forum I have joined to ask about other people's tortoises not mine. I recently moved in with them and have noticed some things about their tortoises that concern me - I don't know anything about tortoises or looking after them but I've read around on the forums so have a...

We know that starting a tortoise's life in an 80%+ humid environment, re @Tom 's findings, virtually guarantees smooth growth. That would be a constant environment where a tortoise remains relatively damp (for want of a better word) on the outside. But what about a tortoise kept in a dry...

I'm fussing about with heat lamps at night, a warm/wet night-time enclosure and worrying about humidity- all to stop the dreaded pyramiding.... I will feel like a failure... But another keeper in the UAE (United Arab Emirates) has said that his hatchling Aldabras are fine outside and not to...