1yo Pyramiding?

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Is Matteo pyramiding? He usually avoids the Arcadia light, except lately, so I sometimes turn it off. I pour water into his substrate. Does he need more calcium powder? He gets regular near daily soaks if about half an hour.
Thanks.
 

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He doesn't show any pyramiding.
Couldn't begin to tell you if he needs more calcium without knowing his diet and all the details of his care and enclosure details.
 

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He doesn't show any pyramiding.
Couldn't begin to tell you if he needs more calcium without knowing his diet and all the details of his care and enclosure details.
Thanks so much. Puts my mind at ease.
 

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Hi All,
Is Matteo pyramiding? He usually avoids the Arcadia light, except lately, so I sometimes turn it off. I pour water into his substrate. Does he need more calcium powder? He gets regular near daily soaks if about half an hour.
Thanks.
We can't see if he's pyramiding from a top view. You need to take a profile pic for us to see that.

We also can't tell is the tortoise needs more calcium from looking at a picture, but that has nothing to do with pyramiding.
 

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We can't see if he's pyramiding from a top view. You need to take a profile pic for us to see that.

We also can't tell is the tortoise needs more calcium from looking at a picture, but that has nothing to do with pyramiding.
Are these pics better? Thanks!
 

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Are these pics better? Thanks!
Overall, there is almost no pyramiding. When I zoom in I can see some raised growth lines in the more recent growth. Was there a dry spell in the last few months that has since been corrected?
 
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