Ang@gb (Help for bumpy shell?)

[Ang@gb]

Hi I bought my russian tortoise when it was 18 months old. I have done everything by the book but his shell is lumpy bumpy and it is very shiny could the damage been done when he was a hatchling got him from garden centre in a dry sandy glass dome not good is there anything I can do

 

[wellington]

Put your threads under appropriate headings. Either under your species or general tortoise but not under the contest heading please.

 

[Yvonne G]

Also, if you want our members to read your threads and help you, write out a subject instead of writing your username

Your thread has been moved to the Russian section, and I changed your subject from Ang@gb to Help for Bumpy Shell?

 

[Yvonne G]

A shiny shell isn't bad and a bumpy shell is probably not bad either. May we see pictures of the tortoise please?

 

[Ang@gb]

Yes of course he is fast asleep I will do it as soon asap

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Yes of course he is fast asleep I will do it as soon asap

That's called pyramiding and its caused by lack of humidity.
This guy still looks pretty good.
It's not dangerous. It's just cosmetic

 

[Tom]

I have done everything by the book but his shell is lumpy bumpy and it is very shiny \...

Which book would that be? Almost all of the tortoise care info from books, pet shops, and online is all wrong. Its the same wrong info that has been parroted for years.

We can't assess pyramiding from looking down at the tortoise. We need a side view with the lens at tortoise level.

Here is the correct care info:

The Best Way To Raise Any Temperate Species Of Tortoise

I chose the title of this care sheet very carefully. Are there other ways to raise babies and care for adults? Yes. Yes there are, but those ways are not as good. What follows is the BEST way, according to 30 years of research and experimentation with hundreds of babies of many species. What is...

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