Hi everyone, I'm new here.
My baby tortoise's shell is not growing smoothly. The edges of scutes are raised. She is a spider tortoise, about 5 months old. She and another are kept in around 60-70% humidity, temp from 70-90F, hide with moist moss, fed red and green lettuce, dandelion, escarole, endives, radicchio, cactus, occasional Mazuri, fruits, veggies and mushrooms. They have UV lamp (Zoomed 5.0) and given Herptivive and Rep-cal with D-3 once a week.
The other tortoise is about 9 months old and his carapace never looked like this.
Do you think this is a sign of pyramiding or something else? What can I do to prevent it from getting worse?
Thank you in advance for your advice.
Em
My baby tortoise's shell is not growing smoothly. The edges of scutes are raised. She is a spider tortoise, about 5 months old. She and another are kept in around 60-70% humidity, temp from 70-90F, hide with moist moss, fed red and green lettuce, dandelion, escarole, endives, radicchio, cactus, occasional Mazuri, fruits, veggies and mushrooms. They have UV lamp (Zoomed 5.0) and given Herptivive and Rep-cal with D-3 once a week.
The other tortoise is about 9 months old and his carapace never looked like this.
Do you think this is a sign of pyramiding or something else? What can I do to prevent it from getting worse?
Thank you in advance for your advice.
Em