Helios growing up and weight gain tracker app

[gtc]

I downloaded an app for Android phones called Easy Graph and have been keeping track of my greeks weight gain. 7 months ago he weighed 44 grams and today he weighs 118 grams. When I first got him about a year ago he was so tiny and now he is so big that I can hear him walking in his enclosure. The pic attached is also from today.

 

[ismail]

wow thats a very nice shell! what r u doing to prevent pyramiding?

 

[Jlant85]

wow thats a very nice shell! what r u doing to prevent pyramiding?

Not sure how old your tort is, but at a very young age I bumb up the humidity a little bit. At a young age, torts tend to dig a lot more than adults. They do that to escape from predators and higher humidity really helps prevent pyramiding. Also, at a young age, younger tortoise are more prone to pyramiding. Young ones can handle higher humidities but once older, it can cause breathing problems. Hope this info helps.

 

[gtc]

wow thats a very nice shell! what r u doing to prevent pyramiding?

Thank you I make sure the humidity stays high. Before I used to have to cover the top of my enclosure with aluminum foil, especially during the winter time when the heating really dried up the air. Recently I bought glass doors with metal frames from Ikea to cover about 3\4ths of the top. Now it looks much better (see attachment). I keep the humidity at about 55% when the MVB + fluorecent tube are on, and about 70% at night. I dont have to spray my enclosure more than once a week. Is really simple to maintain.

My greeks shell is growing smoothly due to the good advice I got from the tortoise forum.

 

[Jlant85]

OMG THATS YOUR ENCLOSURE! BEAUTIFUL! did you make it?

 

[gtc]

OMG THATS YOUR ENCLOSURE! BEAUTIFUL! did you make it?

Yes, from a display case and ikea glass doors.