shell growth

[Karen(pebbles)]

Hi, please can somebody tell me if the shell growth on my little Hermanns is ok? s/he's 2 years old now and i got him/her a year ago.
the store where i got him/her kept them on paper pellets, tortoise table with just a heat lamp, his/her shell was dry and after taking advice from the lovely members here i've changed everything to keep my tort happy and healthy, i just hope i'm doing enough?

 

[Karen(pebbles)]

Anybody?

 

[TheLastGreen]

I think the shell growth looks great! I've read somewhere that those squiggles appear due to unknown reasons, but s/he looks good! (Hopefuly other members can chime in soon)

 

[zolasmum]

I think the shell growth looks great! I've read somewhere that those squiggles appear due to unknown reasons, but s/he looks good! (Hopefuly other members can chime in soon)

Hello Karen - if you are referring to the pattern changing over time,the same thing happened with Zola. This is a photo of him now, and the 2 small tortoises are in fact Zola aged 2 and Zola aged 3 (my husband is clever with his computer)
Angie

 

[Karen(pebbles)]

Thankyou for your replies, i was a little concerned about pyramidding since s/he didn't have the best start, but hopefully now i've managed to correct this

 

[Yvonne G]

There's a bit of pyramiding from before, but it's nothing to be concerned about.

 

[Karen(pebbles)]

There's a bit of pyramiding from before, but it's nothing to be concerned about.

Thank you Yvonne, this was my concern, hopefully now it's been rectified thanks to all the advice given here on the forum

 

[Karen(pebbles)]

Hello Karen - if you are referring to the pattern changing over time,the same thing happened with Zola. This is a photo of him now, and the 2 small tortoises are in fact Zola aged 2 and Zola aged 3 (my husband is clever with his computer)
Angie
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I think Zola is a beautiful colour Angie

 

[zolasmum]

Thankyou for your replies, i was a little concerned about pyramidding since s/he didn't have the best start, but hopefully now i've managed to correct this

Zola had a bit of pyramiding when we got him,due to the fact that the edge of the shell just above his head was split - we were told he had probably been trodden on - you can't see it very much, but in the large photo of him, the split has gone right to the little bump on the top - I think the pyramiding resulted from this, and there is nothing we could do about it - we were more concerned with internal damage - and, as you can see, his shell has become pretty smooth otherwise.
As Pebbles grows, her shell will probably even out still more-as you say, it is pretty much corrected anyway. She is lovely !
Angie