Still wondering.

[Masin]

Hi there,
Our little girl is still doing well but I'm still concerned about temps. I've found so many wildly varying articles on what temps and humidity should be that I'm upside down. I'm trying to find a better idea on what all her temps should be. Warm, cool, basking, night and ambient.
I'm working on keeping her humidity up with the coco substrate, do you guys spray yours to keep it moist?
Off the topic:
We noticed her pyramiding when we purchased her, that is what's going on in the picture, yes? I was wondering if it'll be obvious when that stops, as in with better care will we be able to see a change in it or will her shell always be less than smooth now?
I have a million questions but I think those are the big ones.

 

[TortieLuver]

Spraying the substrate is a good idea as well as your little one's shell. Pyramiding cannot be reversed but with proper diet and care/husbandry, it can prevent further pyramiding and with yours he/she is so small that as her growth rings, scutes and overall body grow, it will be less and less noticeable. What a cutie I tell you

So what are your temps at now?

 

[Sulcataman]

I have 3 sulcatas, 65, 100, and 200 lbs. Each one will warm and cool itself at different rates. To make sure each one has adequate areas to control their body temp, I constructed several burrows and shade areas. I have 3 burrows that go completely underground ( they dug these almost completely on their own), 3 shade boxes, 2 mud wallows, and 1 large "tortoise house". Each one varies on temperature and humidity. They use everything I provided them at their own will. These tortoises are adapted to withstand extreme conditions, so as long as they are provided with a proper diet, they will be happy. As far as the pyramiding, you can stop the progression with a high calcium, low protien diet. I feed mine 95% grass forage I grow myself, and use cuttlefish bone as the calcium supplement during the summer. In the winter inside I ad vitamin D3 to their diet. And finally, all 3 of mine have little to no pyramiding. I rescued mine years ago, and the little pyramiding has stopped and looks better with time as their bodies grow.

 

[ascott]

I'm upside down

Oh no! Right yourself and breath

I constructed several burrows and shade areas. I have 3 burrows that go completely underground ( they dug these almost completely on their own), 3 shade boxes, 2 mud wallows, and 1 large "tortoise house".

Awesome by the way....this will certainly give food for thought as the little one grows....

If you are going to use the constant high humidity method just remember that it must be accompanied by warm temps to assure no health issues arise from wet and cold....

 

[Yvonne G]

I have 3 sulcatas, 65, 100, and 200 lbs. Each one will warm and cool itself at different rates. T

Hi Sulcataman:

Won't you take a few moments to start a new thread in the "introductions" section and tell us a bit about yourself?

 

[baron101]

you should spray it