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Why's my tortoise pyramiding????
Hey people I've had my baby sulcata for a few months and it has grown somewhat. It was slightly pyramided already from bad care at the pet shop feeding only vegie produce. So I thought hey, under my care I'd save it.
I've been feeding him weeds, grass, high fiber low protein foods and stuff 70%, and vegetables only 30%. Occasionally some treats like pumkin and peppers like once a month. The humidity is lowish in the tortoise table about 50% but the hide has a sponge in it that I try to keep wet as possible. It has water tray that allows him to soak in there and he does so every day. I give him calcium supplements 2 - 3 times a week and multivitamins/minerals 1 per week. He has a mercury vapor bulb and a gradient temperature from hot to cool side.
But it seems that it's pyramidding is getting worse. It doesn't have serious pyramidding when you look at it but the front half of his shell I can feel when I touch it that the lumps and groves in between are deeper than before.
Come to think of it, he has seemed more lazy, basking more and eating less, since I noticed the pyramiding but I don't know if that's my mind playing tricks or if it is real. But the shell is definitely more bumpy than before.
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