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Like lizards, tortoises shed in pieces.
 

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Welcome and what a great looking tort. Pics of your enclosure can help us guide you to the correct setup. It's hard to see but he looks like the starting of the shell pyramiding. (getting bumpy).
The proper setup will stop that from happening.
 

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Not only normal, but a good sign. Your :tort: is growing. :)
 

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Welcome and what a great looking tort. Pics of your enclosure can help us guide you to the correct setup. It's hard to see but he looks like the starting of the shell pyramiding. (getting bumpy).
The proper setup will stop that from happening.
I have turned the uvb off as it is getting on 12 hours being on. Hope the pic helps. When I got the tort she was hatched awkwardly so her shell is a bit different and miss shappen. I hope she doesn't get pyramids.
 

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What type of light is that? Is it for basking or for UVB. I noticed you said their. How many torts do you have? Torts cannot be kept in pairs. You need separate enclosures for each.
One will become dominant in subtle ways.
Like it looks like their cuddling but really one is imposing their dominance on the other or one will block the other in the tunnel from getting out or sitting on the food. One will get sick or even worse. It is also stressful on the dominant tort.
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Hello again, I think we have spoken on here before. I’ve just noticed you are using a clamp to hold up the light, they can be quite dodgy and dangerous sometimes as they are notorious for slipping off. I recommend you get a light stand and bracket, it attaches to the side (not a clamp) and it is adjustable and you can rotate it. It may help you light up the enclosure a bit more if you move it to the centre.

For substrate I like using coco coir and orchid bark.

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Hello again, I think we have spoken on here before. I’ve just noticed you are using a clamp to hold up the light, they can be quite dodgy and dangerous sometimes as they are notorious for slipping off. I recommend you get a light stand and bracket, it attaches to the side (not a clamp) and it is adjustable and you can rotate it. It may help you light up the enclosure a bit more if you move it to the centre.

For substrate I like using coco coir and orchid bark.

Ben
Yh I know what you mean about lamp clamp had to put nails in it to slop from slipping. I have used substrates from pets at home for torts. Hope it will be o k for now. Thankyou Ben.
 

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Yep got 2. I havent got the resources to get another table. The light that is on is a basking light and the light above their food is a uvb strip. Other than putting 2 together is there anything else that is wrong?
 

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I think you covered it with Ben02. Maybe a deep plastic tote to make another box. If your UVB is long enough you could share the light with both enclosures. When you settle on a substrate it will probably be enough for both boxes. You would need another basking light. Maybe get another tunnel or buy a small plastic tub and flip it upside down and cut a walk way into it. Try to see if they will sleep in separate hides. If not when they both are in remove one and put in the other hide. Remember this is a very temporary fix. Maybe split them up when feeding. The ultimate is separate enclosures.
 

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I don't know if you've already seen the advice given about keeping 2 torts together on TFO, but they will probably be happier, healthier and definitely safer in separate homes. Look out for bullying behaviour such as following, nudging, pushing, staring, hogging the food and heat space etc - not signs of affection but very stressful for torts which can make them ill before the real physical aggression like barging and biting starts. Better to be safe than sorry.
 

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