is my greek starting to pyramid?

[Matthew Bounpraseuth]

My Greek whose name is Boog was bought from petsmart about 2 weeks ago and its crazy how comfortable we are to eachother already .. but im a little worried because his shell is hard but is a greek tortoise shell suppose to be completely smooth and no bumps at all? by bumps I mean that there seems to be layers on top of each carapace but not very high whatsoever but im just a little worried because I do live in low humidity(Washington) I keep his humidity up to about 20% i believe it needs to be a little higher at most times but i also keep a long dish of water in his enclosure at all times. is this ok? and i am going to post a pic of his shell from the side .. im sorry for the not the best quality photo . also is the orange strip in the crease of his shell anything bad?

 

[Rover15]

i'm not 100% but it might be :s definitely look around for tips to increase humidity cover 2/3's of the enclosure with foil plastic wrap or plexiglass good luck hopefully someone will help out who know more

 

[biochemnerd808]

Congrats on your new tortoise! He's a handsome fellow.

It looks like there may be a very, very small amount of old pyramiding - nothing to worry about, though.

Since this is already an adult specimen, I wouldn't worry too much about humidity - make sure you provide a good warm soak twice weekly, and have a waterdish available in the enclosure. I wouldn't cover the enclosure for an adult Greek. You can let it rain in his enclosure once a week or so by thoroughly misting everything, but be careful not to get things soggy on the cold end - don't want to cause a respiratory issue.

My Greek whose name is Boog was bought from petsmart about 2 weeks ago and its crazy how comfortable we are to eachother already .. but im a little worried because his shell is hard but is a greek tortoise shell suppose to be completely smooth and no bumps at all? by bumps I mean that there seems to be layers on top of each carapace but not very high whatsoever but im just a little worried because I do live in low humidity(Washington) I keep his humidity up to about 20% i believe it needs to be a little higher at most times but i also keep a long dish of water in his enclosure at all times. is this ok? and i am going to post a pic of his shell from the side .. im sorry for the not the best quality photo . also is the orange strip in the crease of his shell anything bad?

 

[luvpetz27]

Very pretty!!
Or should I say handsome?

 

[Matthew Bounpraseuth]

Congrats on your new tortoise! He's a handsome fellow.

It looks like there may be a very, very small amount of old pyramiding - nothing to worry about, though.

Since this is already an adult specimen, I wouldn't worry too much about humidity - make sure you provide a good warm soak twice weekly, and have a waterdish available in the enclosure. I wouldn't cover the enclosure for an adult Greek. You can let it rain in his enclosure once a week or so by thoroughly misting everything, but be careful not to get things soggy on the cold end - don't want to cause a respiratory issue.

Thank you so much

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Congrats on your new tortoise! He's a handsome fellow.

It looks like there may be a very, very small amount of old pyramiding - nothing to worry about, though.

Since this is already an adult specimen, I wouldn't worry too much about humidity - make sure you provide a good warm soak twice weekly, and have a waterdish available in the enclosure. I wouldn't cover the enclosure for an adult Greek. You can let it rain in his enclosure once a week or so by thoroughly misting everything, but be careful not to get things soggy on the cold end - don't want to cause a respiratory issue.

Thank you so much